Alan Paton Quotes
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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In our Western culture, although death has come out of the closet, it is still not openly experienced or discussed. Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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I'm a vegetarian who doesn't like eggplant parmesan. Isn't that awful? I'm also sick of portobello mushrooms. People are like, 'A vegetarian's coming to dinner,' so they serve those.
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These are the kinds of stories I'm really interested in telling: bad stories about bad people, I'm comfortable with.
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He knew there was something wrong, but there wasn't even a name for it in those days.
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My music has always been my solo project.
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In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
