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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When you factor in population growth, it's clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow. Four billion clean cars on the road are still four billion cars, and a traffic jam with no emissions is still a traffic jam.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I went to electric razors so I would not have to look at myself in the morning.
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On Sundays, I like to plan how I want to exit the week and what are the key things I need to get done that week. I list them, and then I do check-ins on them each morning.
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John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.
