Richard Widmark Quotes
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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How can you beat someone that's already lost everything?
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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
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As the culture war is about irreconcilable beliefs about God and man, right and wrong, good and evil, and is at root a religious war, it will be with us so long as men are free to act on their beliefs.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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I just love math and most people don't.
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My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that - I do that by manipulating how and where I cut and what succession of images I work with.
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In her sepulcher there by the sea - In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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I'm certain about my decision to divorce you. Stop hoping.
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Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.
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Ow! Have mercy on my little Tulane She's too alive to try to live alone And I know her needs And although she loves me She's gonna try to make it While the poor boy's gone Somebody should tell her to live And I'll understand it And even love her more When I come back home
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I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks.
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The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel.
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The reception and the welcome home was quite overwhelming but an indication of how much the Welsh people valued my winning in the Olympics - it was a great memory.
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John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.
