Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
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Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.
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The world is always in movement.
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Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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I kept thinking I was always going to meet the right man, but I never did. Kept waiting for this knight in shining armour. 'When's he coming? He's taking a long time, isn't he?'
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!
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If something appeals, something appeals. I don't think I'm particularly calculated about it. I know I have an alarm bell that goes off in my head where something feels like it has no creative integrity to it at all, and it's just about making money.
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In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration.
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When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.
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Is this some kind of fucking radio promotion? What the fuck is this? Let me just say that if whatever said radio station tries to blacklist us for my comments about their balloons, I would like them to know I want a written apology tomorrow for interrupting my song.
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To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo. It's often said that men use women. Use them for what? Surely not pleasure.
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But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that he was coming back to the world of the living.
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Painters who do self-portraits are engaging in a form of narcissism. But it doesn't work like that in movies. A truly narcissistic person wouldn't go into filmmaking because it's just too tiring.
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Perhaps I'm temperamentally driven to see things from the point of view of the attacked rather than the attacker.
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We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.
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I just feel like this guy who's visiting the music business over the weekend. Every time I write a song, I feel like it's never going to happen again.
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.
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Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
