Richard Le Gallienne Quotes
Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than any other agency in the world.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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A successful marriage is a decision. You decide it's going to work. You can't always be there, but you have to be there enough. And you have to make sure you are where you're needed most.
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There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and I have to be on the same page. There are just five songs in most films these days, and they have to be amazing. There has to be a twist in the screenplay. The editing has to be crisp. Your hard work should show, but effortlessly.
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In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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The one person whom I would like to be is Meryl Streep. Even at her age, she sits alongside the younger heroines at the Oscars with her name in the nominee list, and others around her wonder whether they still stand a chance.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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It was one of those things that I set forth as a goal after my surgery. I have been working very hard with the trainers and the team personnel.
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I belong on the stage. I love how the day's events, whatever you read in the newspapers or watch on the TV, are reflected in the performance and how it's received.
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I was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma.
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I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.
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I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.
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I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.
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Crowdsourcing aid is a cunning way to work around the do-nothing corridors of official Washington. But it also raises complicated questions about the nature of humanitarianism and what it means for a 'nation' to help.
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Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
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You could go to Estonia and there's probably an episode of 'Seinfeld' playing there. Television is a very powerful thing.
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The Vatican has to strike a difficult balance between running a country and running a religious institution.
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In Russia religion is the opium of the people; in China opium is the religion of the people.
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Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than any other agency in the world.
