Brander Matthews Quotes
Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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My opinion, having done this now for two cycles, is I think the national media really likes me and likes what I have to say. But, at the end of the day, 'He's a Libertarian,' and that denotes some loose screws, maybe.
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The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.
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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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I think the main reason is that people binge watch because they can. We're like dogs, really. If we like something, we tend to gorge ourselves on it until there's no more left. And as bingeing becomes possible and commonplace, it's only natural that shows should start to take it into account.
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I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bond girl before me ever had. They put me in a wig at the beginning of the film, and then had my character cut her hair to pretend to be someone else. That was to explain why my hair was short.
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The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.
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I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
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There's nothing I hate more than gritty, linty, mysterious pocket schmutz in the cap of my lip moisturizer - or, even worse, on the applicator itself. I shudder at the thought.
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I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.
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She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.
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They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.
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Repentance for one's evil deeds is the safeguard of life.
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Instead of trying to still his fears he encouraged them, with that superstitious impression which clings to us all, that if we expect evil very strongly it is the less likely to come; . . .
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Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.
