William Gilmore Simms Quotes
Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.
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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
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Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it sound a little bit better, and you get a little band together, and then you get a few jobs. You take four guys that sound half bad, but if they're 25 percent each, they can give 100 percent, you know?
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
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Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.
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Often it is just lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much.
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If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit.
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Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.
