Casey Affleck (Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt) Quotes
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious to boot. The day I found out that he didn't know everything, I grew up. It was a shock. I just thought that the man was the end-all of everything, and he knew the answer to everything. Then I found out I'd have to find out my own answers.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
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The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness.
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Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion.
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The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.
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Like the Earth, the Web is a less appealing place than it used to be. If I want attitude and arguing and meanness and profanity and wrong information screamed at me as gospel, I'll get in a time machine and spend Christmas with my family in 1977.
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They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
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I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
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When you speak the truth, people realize that.
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I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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A dog doesn't care if you're tired or it's raining. It wants to go out - and if it doesn't go out, it's going to be mournfully following you around the house for the whole evening.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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I'm tired of answering questions about myself.
