William Shakespeare Quotes
Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
Quotes to Explore
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
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I was going to be the head wrangler at a ranch in Wyoming, and the reason I didn't take the job is because I couldn't have my family there - the family had to stay in town. I just wasn't willing to do that.
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I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.
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It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.
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The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.
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We have to get the federal government out of the business of educating our kids and telling us how to do it. But when you look at how we are failing our kids and how the story that they hear about the United States and about the role we've played in the world and our role as the defender of freedom for millions across the world throughout history, you know, they aren't being prepared to stand up and work and fight and defend this nation.
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Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.
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Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
