Edward Higgins White Quotes
A good man's life is never quite ended; something of it always remains to touch and illuminate other lives.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
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Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling those in a big way, you automatically want to go to Shakespeare.
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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I never drove in England. I rode bicycles. So driving is terrifying.
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'Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past. But a man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in seeking to understand the past, if he is totally ignorant of the present...This faculty of understanding the living is, in very truth, the master quality of the historian.'
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I guess Tom Cruise - everything he does, everything he touches, is kind of a success.
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It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.
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I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply still today: Listen. Say yes. Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often. Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you're scared, look into your partner's eyes — you will feel better.
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A good man's life is never quite ended; something of it always remains to touch and illuminate other lives.
