Lee Marvin Quotes
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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We just here to do our job.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
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Homosexuality is anti-humanity.
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The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.
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Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins Running Quicksilver-like eludes your pains; Taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi; and They change and perish all - but He remains;
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A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use.
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I think police officers are modern day heroes. I think they protect us.
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With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries...What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient.
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I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good.
