Charles L. Whitfield Quotes
Gradually, as more and more of our needs are met, we discover a crucial truth: that we are the most influential, effective and powerful person who can help us get what we need. The more we realize this, the more we can seek out, ask for and actually realize our needs.
Quotes to Explore
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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The field of 'economics and organization' is still young and needs support. I have been a chaired professor much of my academic life and know that such chairs are important for recruiting and retaining faculty.
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.
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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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Anytime something eats too much of my life, I kill it.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.
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Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors.
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You can't hold up a blog; you can hold up a magazine.
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As an author, you think you know where the good parts and the bad parts are. And then you read to a group of children, and you learn when you're boring them, and you hurry through those sections to get to the parts where they're interested again. You start to get a sense of your story's rhythm and flow.
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Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.
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If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time ... human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.
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A man is himself important precisely in proportion that all things seem important to him.
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I saw how the night came, Came striding like the color of the heavy hemlocks. I felt afraid. And I remembered the cry of the peacocks.
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To work with the same director is a great feeling.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
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Gradually, as more and more of our needs are met, we discover a crucial truth: that we are the most influential, effective and powerful person who can help us get what we need. The more we realize this, the more we can seek out, ask for and actually realize our needs.
