Earl Derr Biggers Quotes
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
Zach Braff -
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
Lasse Hallstrom -
My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
Oleg Cassini -
The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.
Daniel Cudmore -
In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
Gary Weiss -
Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do.
Majel Barrett
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When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
Ian Mckellen -
My biggest asset is that I know how to learn, and that, I believe, will help me in the long run.
Kangana Ranaut -
I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.
Carl Hagelin -
I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars.
Lorde -
Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin
Christina Aguilera -
A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.
Florence Scovel Shinn
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One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.
Alan Rickman -
When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And I think that fear is in part why I turned to comedy because I had no expectations of being a comedian. It was exciting to get good at something where I wasn't afraid of not being the best.
Rachel Bloom -
Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelings—that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.
Pyotr Ouspensky -
I know everybody's income and what everybody earns,
W. S. Gilbert -
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
Bahá'u'lláh -
There are nice things in the world - and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked.
J. D. Salinger
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Your nature is to keep quiet. You came from silence and you have to return to silence... you are dancing only for a little while you see... a little while you are dancing.
H. W. L. Poonja -
Christ did not make the atonement when he shed his blood upon the cross. Let this fact be fixed forever in the mind.
Uriah Smith -
[The Cretans have] more wit than words.
Plato -
When the jig is up, there is no need for additional dancing.
Earl Derr Biggers