Raymond Chandler Quotes
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Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you say it, or how you look.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.
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I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth.
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Late-day trading is like being permitted to bet on yesterday's horse races, ... You already know who's going to win.
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If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.
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The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late.
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We must speak first about the division of land and about those who cultivate it: who should they be and what kind of person? We do not agree with those who have said that property should be communally owned, but we do believe that there should be a friendly arrangement for its common use, and that none of the citizens should be without means of support.
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Science is all very well when a man can afford to make it his hobby, but I have come to the conclusion that a man has no right to ride a hobby while his family have to work to make a living.
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I do not repeat conversations that I can't remember. And it's something that irritates me a great deal, because I think most memoirs are false novels.
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I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.
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The only way Hinduism can convert the whole world to cow-protection is by giving an object-lesson in cow-protection and all it means.
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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I get a handsome amount. I could definitely buy a car off one of my guest appearances. & I'm not talking about a Hyundai.
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I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money.
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Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.
