Charles Coburn Quotes
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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Good material is good material.
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In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.
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The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian - who is not a daily disciple of Christ - is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be.
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If Morrissey could be a singer, then anybody could.
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You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
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Army life don't agree with me.
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Ultimately, I've learned to pride myself on being quirky. I very much adore people who are outcasts, and I've always loved to be around interesting, circus-type people.
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We had a saying at Blockbuster: 'If you don't come in on Saturday, don't bother coming in on Sunday.' We worked hard.
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Any idiot can build bombs. Our Trinity sits not on some desert sand seared into glass at an abandoned, sad pillar of stones. It's in our heads and our hearts, it's in our genes, this beautiful, gorgeous marriage of money, freedom and ingenuity.
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I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's really nothing you can do. If it's not in my control, I try not to worry about it.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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I need some money. You got any money?
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That's the tragedy of the rich: They don't need anything.
