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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In ancient Judaism the king of Israel was considered both Son of God and—astonishingly enough—even God.
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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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When you get locked up, you get locked out.
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If I became lost in the multiverse, exploring infinite parallel dimensions, my only criterion for settling down somewhere would be whether or not I could find you: and once I did, I'd stay there even if it was a world ruled by giant spider-priests, or one where killer robots won the Civil War, or even a world where sandwiches were never invented, because you'd make it the best of all possible worlds anyway, and plus we could get rich off inventing sandwiches.
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My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me.
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The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.
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I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
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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.
