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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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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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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I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
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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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Whoever's president I'm not going to be short on material.
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Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.
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If I wasn't serving in Congress, I've always wanted to be a high school teacher. Specifically, I want to teach a course on modern American history and use Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury as a primary text.
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It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead.
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Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all.
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Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.
