Alan Paton Quotes
because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
Quotes to Explore
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
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The people in L.A. do orient themselves to light. I used to call it 'Tan Fascist Culture.' Everyone there is tanned, wears dark sunglasses, looks like a movie star even when they're not.
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
