Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Quotes
If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
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I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.
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I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world.
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Psychologists have hitherto failed to realize that imagination is a necessary ingredient of perception itself.
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I'm old-school.
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The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We've gotten out of control.
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After marriage, the other man's wife looks more beautiful.
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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
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If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast.
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If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.
