William Maxwell Quotes
Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out the side door).
Quotes to Explore
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.
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I believe in my writing.
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'Dreamers' was because I really wanted to go back after I heard so much nonsense about '68. I wanted to go back to what for me was '68, when young people thought that they could change the world.
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When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus at San Francisco State, and even back to Emerson Elementary school and Roosevelt Junior High. I was happy to do it, to go back and see if all the same teachers were there.
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Hell is gone and heaven's here,there’s nothing left for you to fear.
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What appeals about the '70s is the celebration of the female form, the lack of constriction.
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Reading the script for 'Jennifer's Body,' I just thought that here was a script that really exposes the horror between girls and friendships. I always sort of approached the film with that in mind first, and then thought about the crazy ways that that horror would express itself.
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You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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Everyone is trying to reach for their own stars, and all of those stars aren’t light-years away. They are as close as our job, our family, our children, our next-door neighbors and our good friends.
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Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out the side door).
