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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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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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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I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.
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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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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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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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I'm almost six feet tall and have a deep voice. People never knew how to cast me.
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The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.
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If the numbers we see in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the entire country would be up in arms, and it would be the lead story on the news every night.
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There [is] no innocence more dangerous than the innocence of age.
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I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.
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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.
