Gail Caldwell Quotes
Old dogs can be a regal sight. Their exuberance settles over the years into a seasoned nobility, their routines become as locked into yours as the quietest and kindest of marriages.
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Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.
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I really have to force myself to tidy up around the house.
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Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.
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One never perishes through anybody but oneself.
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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
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...humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.
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If you look at the better teams in the league when they get a team down they finish out the game. That's kind of what separates us from those teams right now is playing 48-minute games.
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Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don't get nervous any more. It's really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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Most producers get into it because they were just never handsome or charismatic or talented enough to be the star.
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Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.
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Cinema can transform pain and trauma into something beautiful.
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I think being the girl of such a huge father figure, you want to be that tomboy... because you are so close to your dad.
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It is important to be passionate, but it is also important to combine the heart and the head. I have made mistakes in both my private and professional lives.
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The Bible should be taught so early and so thoroughly that it sinks straight to the bottom of the mind where everything that comes along can settle on it.
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The question is asked in ignorance, by one who does not even know what can have led him to ask it.
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I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside. They don't waste energy marching to the same drummer most of us do. It gives us an opportunity to look at things in a different way, which is the purest thing cinema can do.
