William Faulkner Quotes
People ... have tried to evoke God or devil to justify them in what their glands insisted upon.

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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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There's something really cool about TV. TV, you get the luxury of having the same people around. It is such a blessing when you get a TV job. You really have a chance to get to make, like, work friends. I think TV is one of the few mediums where I've had the opportunity to get to know my crew members.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.
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You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
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We have to be willing to give up all the injustices of the past that did exist - and that do exist right now. When we become interested in liberation, we then become interested in that which transcends time.
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The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.
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Kids are soft these days, period, end of the story in every respect. People coddle them too much. I'm sick of that; it's irresponsible parenting. Taking care of them is one thing, but turning little boys into little girls because you're coddling them so much, kids need to have experiences on their own.
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I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.
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I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.
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People ... have tried to evoke God or devil to justify them in what their glands insisted upon.