George Washington Quotes
I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.
Quotes to Explore
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Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
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If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.
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I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
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Keep your debt low, and ask, Can your operational expertise make an impact? Then you're taking away a lot of the risk.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
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I'm a vocabulary nerd.
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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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I've been working with Disney all these years doing voice work, and now I'm signed with Disney Fine Arts, doing 'Beauty and the Beast' oil paintings. So it's been an ongoing wonderful job.
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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I used to sneak into my mother's closet and try to wear her lingerie to school.
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I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important.
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It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.
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Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.
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One must manifest discipline of spirit; without it one cannot become free.
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Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
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I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection.
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I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.
