Casey Affleck (Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt) Quotes
In New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman.
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If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
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The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery and poverty have not ended but increased. Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world.
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Simon, there are more things you don’t know than there are things that I do know. I despair of the imbalance.
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'We are tempted so that we may pray the more. Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit.'
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A man is himself important precisely in proportion that all things seem important to him.
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But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.
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I have a healthy body, free of the chemicals that once controlled it.
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I think that place is a huge part of pretty much any musician's work, in how one responds to an environment, whether it be your actual surroundings or the more figurative place we're all living in.
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I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
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With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it meant I have been touring around the world and that led to a gap from the studio. I really feel like the gap has done me the world of good. Throughout that time I was able to collect songs that I really loved.
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Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.
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People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.
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Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to everyone. It was the era of change, the boiling point. People rebelled against things - the hippies, the feminists, the protesters. All these things just built up and boiled over. I think people can relate to that today.
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A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.
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In New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman.
