William Thomas Councilman Quotes
Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment."
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I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
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I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.
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When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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I came to Los Angeles only after filming 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' when I was cast in the independent movie 'Delirium.' Director Lee Roy Kunz was looking everywhere for a Russian actress. He saw my photos, and only then he learned where I starred before! Eventually, I spent several months in the U.S., and we made the film quickly.
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I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
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When I hear from people who are struggling to put food on the table, I understand because I've been there.
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I'm kind of in between organized and messy, so if I have the right things to keep me organized, it's easier for me to stay that way. If I don't have the right tools, I'm a train wreck.
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And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen.
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I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age.
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The Sphinx, the Pyramids, the stone temples are, all of them, ultimately, as flimsy as London Bridge; our cities but tents set up in the cosmos. We pass. But what the bee knows, the wisdom that sustains our passing life - however much we deny or ignore it - that for ever remains.
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We live merely on the crust or rind of things.
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We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving.
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The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
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Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment."
