William Odom Quotes
In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
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Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had a great love for each other. I saw that when my father flew over from Los Angeles when he knew my mother was going to die.
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I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.
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The real reason why people are going with digital is that it's extraordinarily mobile, and it's cheaper, and it has a great image, and you just can't beat it at night. It's pulling in variations of colors; it's pulling in lights from 40 miles away - a candle would be seen.
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A lot of my colleagues at school became great friends of mine.
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It would be nice to live off the land and fix cars.
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Coming to the end of a long shot is brutal so when it's just me, if I mess up I can be like "Sorry. I'm an idiot. Let's go again".
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
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For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.
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In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty.
