Belva Plain Quotes
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
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I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
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It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
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I have got him fast hung up, quoth Didius to himself, upon one of the two horns of my dilemma - let him get off as he can.
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You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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I decided I should go after the roles I like, that I am inspired by, and then, if I am having a good time, chances are that people will like watching you.
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Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.
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The climate suits me, and London has the greatest serious music that you can hear any day of the week in the world - you think it's going to be Vienna or Paris or somewhere, but if you go to Vienna or Paris and say, 'Let's hear some good music', there isn't any.
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I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.
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When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.
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I love Wisconsin. It's a great place.
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It's marvellous, marvellous! Nothing will ever be as much fun. I'm going to photograph everything, everything!
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Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly.
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Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
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I was fortunate enough to have a situation in my life where everything did shake out and hit rock bottom, and I did see who was standing there and really saw who had my back for real.
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All is pattern, all life, but we can't always see the pattern when we're part of it.
