William Lyon Phelps Quotes
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child of your team, then what else is it? It's got to be a black-white issue. Every white player I know who's the best player on their team is the poster child of that team.
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I never forbid myself anything.
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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
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I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate.
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You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.
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Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
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I'm in the major league now.
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The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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I think the one film that I could watch over and over and over again - and I have - is 'Man on Fire.'
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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
