Samuel Freeman Miller Quotes
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human race in the science of government, in the arts of civilization and refinement, and in the establishment of morality and religion, has been constantly and steadily towards improvement and perfection.
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I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to make something new, and that's when I really come alive as an actor, so I really enjoyed working on 'Arrow.'
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective.
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I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time.
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You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human race in the science of government, in the arts of civilization and refinement, and in the establishment of morality and religion, has been constantly and steadily towards improvement and perfection.
