Sam Waterston Quotes
Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.
Quotes to Explore
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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The fans are always at the hotel waiting, they like to get pictures and autographs. I enjoy it all, the displays of love and support at the hotel and the shows.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.
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With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.
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The more we give, the more we receive. It's important to give back, because the seeds you plant today, you will harvest tomorrow.
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I will never censor myself to please anyone.
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The depth of your belief and the strength of your conviction determines the power of your personality.
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When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?
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Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.
