Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Some people manage their writing by saying, 'I need to get 2,000 words written today,' others by saying, 'I will write for X hours.' Not me. I start with a plan for the book, break it down into scenes, and I know what scenes need to get written each day. If the scene takes more words than I thought, so be it.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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Why is Iraq so easy to harm and so hard to help?
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You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.
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If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
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Good supporters who have single daughters say, 'Hey, you need to take my daughter out.' And it's awkward.
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I range the fields with pensive tread, And pace the hollow rooms; And feel companion of the dead I'm living in the tombs.
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When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the chain as possible, but preferably with some visibility so people know management means business.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.
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You drive past your old high school, and even if everybody treated you terribly, you still go take a look, don't you?
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I was surprised how little I knew about the significant contributions to aviation that had happened right there in Hampton, Virginia.
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I never want to impose my will on a community because even though I am the director of the movie, I can't direct them to be any more like themselves than they are. So it's very helpful to me because I can see the truth of their lives and their world right in front of me.
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My love was both humble and audacious, like that of a page for his lady...
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My first memory of Nirvana was getting a cassette of demos, which ended up becoming Bleach. Everybody's response was that this was an amazing band and these were amazing songs. It was another indication that the Northwest had something special that you couldn't argue with.
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He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.
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Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.
