Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes
In former days, everyone found the assumption of innocence so easy; today we find fatally easy the assumption of guilt.
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I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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Art class was my thing, but not any other class.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.
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I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
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In many parts of the world, chaining of people with mental illnesses is not uncommon, nor is seeing people walking around in clearly an unwell state, half naked, and no one takes any notice of them. It is tragic. There is a basic human right, which is not about just healthcare, but it is about the right to life with dignity, a right to citizenship.
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The sixty-minute drama form has become very rich.
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There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.
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When we think of Gemini.com, it will be like a Nasdaq for bitcoin.
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I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.
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Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far.
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The two candidates have very different visions of America. Donald Trump's is very dark: Things are not going well. There are dark days ahead unless you make a change, and he's the one to fix it.
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When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her.
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Andrea De Cesaris is the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.
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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
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Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.
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In former days, everyone found the assumption of innocence so easy; today we find fatally easy the assumption of guilt.
