Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Quotes
It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.
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I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.
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I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.
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There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that.
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It's such a stupid thing to sign a band and then demand a hit right away to instantly recoup the money. The point is, you have to do it by building your own following, and that is not necessarily done by writing instant hits.
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I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer.
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It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.
