Winston Churchill Quotes
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
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Men are separated by so many petty things.
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The Hoosier way is quite simple - we work hard, and we live within our means.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I can't wait to come back to Tulsa. It's a great place to be.
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Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.
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There's that old journalism rule that sunshine is the great disinfectant - which is how reporters bust their way into meetings and such all the time. In sports, I really think winning is the great disinfectant.
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I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.
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Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with 'Titanic.'
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I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps.
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I think Shah Rukh and I have done essentially romantic films that had great contributions from everyone else, so it's not as if we alone are responsible for our hits.
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In the absence of a Congress ready to act to reduce gun violence, we will keep working to create a different Congress.
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I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality.
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Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
