Samuel Pepys Quotes
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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Being evil is easy.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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I've laid my friends bare.
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The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution can compromise humanity's traditional sources of meaning - work, community, family, and identity - or it can lift humanity into a new collective and moral consciousness based on a sense of shared destiny. The choice is ours.
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I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
