Rene Cassin (René Samuel Cassin) Quotes
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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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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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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I want to have a long career.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.
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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
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I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.
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As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate!
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A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.
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It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.
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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.
