Rex Harrison Quotes
The important thing is to learn through experience. The more you do the more you learn. I don't think anyone can teach acting from a podium.
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I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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What's frustrating to me is when, on a low-budget movie, people don't take chances. A big-budget movie, that script's your bible; nobody's going to risk going off the page. But when you're doing a very low-budget film, why not take some chances, intellectually, artistically?
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I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!
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I think that addiction is a very, very important thing that has to be treated, but has to be treated as a health problem and not as a police problem.
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I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how well you compete, not by your fondness for the game.
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There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth.
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Sosias: The love of wine is a good man's failing. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Dirán que andas por un camino equivocado, si andas por tu camino.
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In Salford, we had fish in our tap water. I remember, one hot summer day, running to the toilet at playtime and dunking our heads in a sink full of water. I remember putting my head in and seeing all these little fish in it.
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I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease.
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I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.
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People always say that my work is sensational or shocking but there are truly shocking things you could do, and my sculptures don't go anywhere near that.
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Life is short. No one can guarantee how many days we have here on earth. Hug your loved ones tight and savor every moment.
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One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one bookstore to another, looks up at a sign.
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The important thing is to learn through experience. The more you do the more you learn. I don't think anyone can teach acting from a podium.
