Alfred W. Crosby Quotes
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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So there clearly is a sense in which the Labour Party here, certainly at State level is reaching out and connecting with people and reflecting the aspirations and needs of, you know the mass of ordinary Australians.
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A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we go through an expansion process, the world will know about it.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.
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In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.
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Sometimes I just crave to play in Shakespeare again and I know and love playing Orlando so much.
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I never really feel wrong while making movies. I know myself, and I know that my intentions are pure and I'm on the side of righteousness.
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I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.
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When you guys win, you get to keep your money. When we win, we take your money.
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I don't really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it's always nice, I'll grant you, if he has one.
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Life, like any other exciting story, is bound to have painful and scary parts, boring and depressing parts, but it's a brilliant story, and it's up to us how it will turn out in the end.
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I don't know how not to get the flu.
