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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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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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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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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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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We don't have to See eye to eye to Agree.
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Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.
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I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Yet these elegies are to this generation in no sense conciliatory. They may be to the next. All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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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.
