Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.
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My father was a lawyer.
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I moved about 45 minutes from West Hollywood, and I live surrounded by nature and the wilderness, but I constantly find myself walking around, like in the commercial, saying, 'Can you hear me now?'
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I never thought I'd be an actor.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.
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In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.
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'Lisa' was a film that I am really proud of and is probably hopefully going to be remade.
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My kids think America is swimming pools on the roof, screening rooms, and hot dogs. They love it here.
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I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.
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The essayist … can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter - philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast...
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'This fellow,' he indicated the woodsman with a sweep of his stick, 'will reliably not become more alive, but he may have friends or family who will be unsettled to find him so extremely dead.'
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In a coma, you don't dream,you just hope that someone sits with you.
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All religions promise a reward for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.
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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were some kind of omniscient real estate broker parsing out parcels of land to his chosen flock. People are literally dying over ancient literature.
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I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.
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I leave for the guidance of other revolutionaries, who may tread the path which I have trod, this advice; never treat with the enemy, never to surrender to his mercy, but to fight to a finish.
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It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.
