Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries.
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A film of my life would never happen!
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I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.
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I've always known that Rio and Tokyo are my two Olympics. Now that Rio hasn't gone to plan, Tokyo has to work, and I'm more motivated than ever.
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The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
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Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
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'Veep' is definitely one of my favorite TV shows, and not because I'm in it. It's just such a great show, and the fact that I'm on it is crazy to me because I love it so much.
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As he had so many times before, Taleswapper addressed a few silent words to God, which always came down to this question: Why do you put us to so much trouble, when it all comes to naught in the end?...And, as usual, God had nothing much to say to Taleswapper when his questioning was done.
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I don't think that at the time, or now, come to think of it, I gave a damn. Foolishly, I wanted truth and idealism, but there was none to be had.
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When we patch things up,They say a job well done.But when we ask the question whyWhere did the rips come from?,They say we are subversive,And extreme, of course.We are just trying to track a problem to its source.
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The PC police are out in force at all times. ... We've reached the point where people are afraid to actually talk about what they want to say.
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It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.
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Now civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and when a challenge confronts them which they fail to meet.
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The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons.
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The physical and emotional qualifications to survive an apocalypse are naturally equalizing.
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Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.
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The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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Can you imagine how terrible it is when you've got everything and you're still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words. I'm so powerful on stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.
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I've got this thing where I think great shows have great credit sequences. I don't know why that is, exactly.
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If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
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That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
