William Dampier Quotes
The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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God has no resolve; no karma attaches itself to Him.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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I love hats! I collect vintage ones - I find them at antique shops in Kansas.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.
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We have been to the moon, we have charted the depths of the ocean and the heart of the atom, but we have a fear of looking inward to ourselves because we sense that is where all the contradictions flow together.
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I just totally do not believe in this sort of Bart Simpson character who infects so much of our literature and film and TV stuff nowadays, these know-it-all kids who seem to understand the hypocrisy of the adult world so thoroughly and can talk about it with such articulateness. That's bunk.
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The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.
