William Congreve Quotes
You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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In 1996, Al Jazeera was the first TV station in the Arab world to allow Israelis to appear on the screen and express their views and address the Arab world. Before that, Arab broadcasters did not allow what was perceived as the enemy to appear on the screen.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
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Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
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Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.
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Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do.
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You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
