Ed Martin Quotes
If there is erosion in the Sopranos' ratings of any note, I think it has more to do with the fact that it's been gone for almost two years.
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I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy working, but not to the point where that's the only thing I focus on.
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Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.
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Why be a dumb dud? Do your friends shun you? Do people cross the street when they see you approaching? Do they run up the steps of strange houses, pretend they live there and force their way into the hall while you are passing by? If this is the sort of person you are, you must avail yourself today of this new service. Otherwise, you might as well be dead.
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Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.
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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment.
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As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
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I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it.
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Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection.
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The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
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We are living at an extraordinary time in human history. And for many of us things are great. Things are great for me.
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On most lines, making a sale without making a convert does not count for much. Sales made by conviction - by advertising - are likely to bring permanent customers. People who buy through casual recommendations often do not stick.
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The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to nurture the confidence to try.
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If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.
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If you wish to help someone, give secretly and avoid arrogance.
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Every Word of God is Spirit and life. When you receive and obey the Word of God, the power of God works in you.
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Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple, though laborious, and tedious. It is only to get the books, and read, and study them carefully. Begin with Blackstone's Commentaries, and after reading it carefully through, say twice, take up Chitty's Pleading, Greenleaf's Evidence, & Story's Equity &c. in succession. Work, work, work, is the main thing.
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If there is erosion in the Sopranos' ratings of any note, I think it has more to do with the fact that it's been gone for almost two years.
