Basil Rathbone Quotes
Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.
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I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I think along the lines of 'When that thing happened, it made me who I am.' That kind of thing. It's a different way of being romantic.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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I am keen to serve one-sixth of the world's population where the miracles of science and technology would multiply manifold for betterment of mankind.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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Run with your heart instead of your mind. When you think with your mind, you think of the things you can and can't do. But when you run with your heart you forget about what you can't do, and you just go out and do it.
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My favorite movie is 'Die Hard.' It doesn't have pinatas and mariachis. It's just a good movie.
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Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart.
