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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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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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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Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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My agent, Jeff Andrews, suggested I write a book. For some reason. he doesn't like it when I'm not doing anything.
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But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
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You can only understand the present age when it is past.
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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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History is not history unless it is the truth.
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Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.
