W. Bruce Cameron Quotes
I wouldn't say that I have overcome opposition so much as I have tried to understand it. The lash of judgment carries a wounding sting, and there's a deeply instinctual tendency to want to respond in kind. I am not proud that my thoughts were blackened with vile opinions about the nature of those who were attacking me.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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We were descended from royalty.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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I hardly ever go to the movies.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I played football all four years. I started on Varsity my sophomore year, and senior year I was captain.
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Downsizing itself is an inevitable part of any creatively destructive economy.
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Sexual immorality and impure thoughts violate the standard established by the Savior. We were warned at the beginning of this dispensation that sexual immorality would be perhaps the greatest challenge. Such conduct will, without repentance, cause a spiritual drought and loss of commitment.
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I still live in Inglewood and have a great relationship with my Mexican family.
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Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.
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In Canada, anything that's not in the city is referred to as a cottage. Or a log cabin.
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I wouldn't say that I have overcome opposition so much as I have tried to understand it. The lash of judgment carries a wounding sting, and there's a deeply instinctual tendency to want to respond in kind. I am not proud that my thoughts were blackened with vile opinions about the nature of those who were attacking me.
