David Graham Phillips Quotes
Your lawyer is your true mercenary. Under his code honor consists in making the best possible fight in exchange for the biggest possible fee. He is frankly for sale to the highest bidder.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
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One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there are so few descriptions of Heaven, because most people can't really explain what it would be like beyond a couple of sentences, whereas Hell is quite often personal.
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When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.
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It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.
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My primary and secondary education was in French, which had a lasting influence on my life.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Acting is such a feminine process: you have to become the desire of others. I'm OK with this, and so is Gerard Depardieu. In many ways, he's very feminine.
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I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.
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Ye have committed wickedness Against the Creator. A hundred thousand angels Are to me witnesses, Who came to conduct me After my hanging, When hanging cruelly, Myself to deliver me In heaven there was trembling When I had been hung. When I cried out Eli!
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I can be manipulated only so many times Before even 'I love you' starts to sound like a lie.
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I love profanity, but I think if it's used too much, it just sounds a little trashy. I think it's more effective when it's dropped intelligently. I like intelligent profanity.
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I've become very aware of body issues and body confidence.
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Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
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My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.
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Being a New Yorker and someone that goes to MoMA as a patron, I want it to be good.
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Obviously, I got very lucky that even though I lost my mother, I lost her later in life, but it's still had a profound effect on me.
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The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed.
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If my children were hungry I should think I would steal to feed them.
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The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.
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Most of all, I want to thank you for all the generous advance coverage you've given me in anticipation of a successful career. When I actually do something, we'll let you know.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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Your lawyer is your true mercenary. Under his code honor consists in making the best possible fight in exchange for the biggest possible fee. He is frankly for sale to the highest bidder.
