William Shakespeare Quotes
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
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I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I believe that the essence of marriage is choosing someone who loves you for who you are, embraces everything about you, and building a life with that person. Whether that life is with children or without children - it's honestly immaterial to building a life with someone that you love fully.
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So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day.
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The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression.
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There is no such thing as society. There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and each of us prepared to turn round and help by our own efforts those who are unfortunate.
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The Law and the Gospel are two keys. The Law is the key that shutteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out.
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Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best.
