Geoffrey Gorer Quotes
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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You can't always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later.
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And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.
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If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually.
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Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
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A photograph can express silence.
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Live, for I love you!
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Freedom under law is like the air we breathe.
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My biggest goal was - I thought, God, if I could just be a rep company member at the Arena Stage in Washington, D. C. and get to play a bunch of parts in a year! And now in my work everything is about promoting it. It's not about the doing of it! Everything is: You have to sell it, and they ask you to tweet about it or do photo shoots, even for the smallest job. There's an imbalance in terms of what is actually gratifying. The stuff that is gratifying is, like I said, the day of work and the doing of it.
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Every passing year brings us more past futures. Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that everyone forgot how to speak Latin. It's counterproductive to blither on about "the" future. It's always somebody's future, and we're not who we used to be.
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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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He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream, too.
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The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves.
