Anthony Lane Quotes
We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
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Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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I worry about Zimbabweans. They bend, they bend, they bend, they bend - where do the people break? How long can they go on scrounging for food in garbage dumps and using the moisture from sewage drains to plant vegetables?
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Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
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War is not civilized.
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My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'
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I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
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A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.
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I've been singing and writing songs only a little longer than acting. I really enjoy both.
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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
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Oops, I did it again, didn't I? My shit's harder to figure out than what Britney's tit size is.
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See you, my dear doctor, me, I am not one to rely upon the expert procedure. It is the psychology I seek, not the fingerprint or the cigarette ash.
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Ergo domine...credimus te esse aliquid quo nihil maius cogitari possit.
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I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.
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But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.
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The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure.
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We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.
