George Washington Quotes
We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
Quotes to Explore
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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I'm a character actor.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience.
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I eat right and stay healthy as much as possible.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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I came to New York to see what I could see - that's from a children's book, isn't it? - and to find the living part.
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I have always been a huge fan of reggae music. I remember going to see Bob Marley And The Wailers at the Hammersmith Odeon when I was 13. I went with my big sister, Cordelia, and it remains the most wonderful concert I've ever been to.
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It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
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Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how. The necessary premise is that a person is somehow more than his or her "characteristics," all the emotions, strivings, tastes, and constructions which it pleases us to call "My Life." We have grounds to hope that a Life is something more than a cloud of particles, mere facticity. Go through what is comprehensible and you conclude that only the incomprehensible gives any light.
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The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road.
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We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
