David Edelstein Quotes
The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.
Quotes to Explore
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All of life is a foreign country.
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.
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This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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Rutherford was a historian, after all, and secretly enjoyed it when the truth did injury to modern sensibilities.
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Logician: A cat has four paws. Old Gentleman: My dog had four paws. Logician: Then it's a cat. Old Gentleman: So my dog is a cat? Logician: And the contrary is also true.
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My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.
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As a writer, I have to admit, there is something darkly compelling about Alzheimer's because it attacks the two things most central to a writer's craft - language and memory, which together make up an individual's identity. Alzheimer's makes a new character out of a familiar person.
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Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building.
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Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
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I think if you're young and you're being compared with a successful family member, it's really hard to maintain any sense of self-worth and credibility.
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Sometimes I need to go for a walk for inspiration.
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Come on, guys, I am a computer nerd. I love Hollywood and movies. My whole life is like a movie. I wouldn't be who I am if it wasn't for the mind-altering glimpse at the future in 'Star Wars.'
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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When you're in your young 20s, you know you can play good golf into your mid-40s. That's a lot of time to get better each and every year and achieve your goals. As long as you know you're making strides along the way, you'll get there eventually.
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The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.
