William Lilly Quotes
I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I'm very wary of news on television.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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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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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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Les hommes valeureux le sont du premier coup.
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Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.
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I was a make believe ethnographer: treating New Yorkers like an explorer would treat Zulus - searching for the rawest snapshot, the zero degree of photography.
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We believe in personal choice, rather than society dictating how we must live our lives.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.
