William Shakespeare Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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I love my sleep.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
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I don't really have any different cravings from the ones that I had before. I've always liked food that is not good for you, and I still do. But I think I've been really good with eating healthy. I think probably the biggest thing is french fries, but that's nothing new. Right now, I'm trying to force myself to drink water with lemon. Bo-ring.
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We have a window of opportunity to prevent a pandemic or at least delay the spread of a pandemic.
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I'm writing songs about New York. A lot of them carry the names of neighborhoods in Long Island. Maspeth, Montauk. I'm getting into the idea of a F. Scott Fitzgerald-esque Long Island back when New York was...New York.
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If music be the food of love, play on.
