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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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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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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Bullies generally were bullied and are hurting inside much more than you could ever imagine.
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I'm completely the opposite of what I play on 'Game of Thrones.'
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I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.
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I think for me, the imaginary world was always exciting. I started in New York doing theatre, from having just one person in an audience to performing for a full house. I think I've always enjoyed playing different characters, blending into different environments and such.
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Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.
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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.
