A. A. Milne Quotes
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
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I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
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My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.
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Well it kind of is project to project because as a writer I think you always write to some degree about things that you know or things that happened - but my favourite filmmakers, my favourite movies of theirs tend to be the personal movies.
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When I start to get that few pounds, which I try to monitor, then I just pull back. So it's really just being conscious.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and Kropotkin. Russia is a wonderful place to bring new clowns because Russians give back a wonderful response.
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
