Lew Wallace Quotes
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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Twerking has to end. Not for the ones that look good doing it, but for all the ones that you feel, 'You don't have enough to twerk back there. Your twerkin' look like jerkin.'
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.'
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I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
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When anybody goes to L.A. from London, there's always this slight sense of, 'What are you doing? Who do you think you are? It's never gonna happen.' It's the classic, good-natured British cynicism.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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I got quite good results from protein plates.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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If we can't afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we're in an insurmountable mess.
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The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It's nice to go see a film and not know anything about it. Sometimes I feel like we know too much about films.
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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I didn't do anything spectacular when I won the Open in 2001. I hit the ball good, not great. I putted good, not great, but I think I missed maybe two putts inside eight feet all week.
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When you touch me, good God.
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When things are going good they are going good, but right now they are not going good for us in any phase.
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It is about attention to detail and then the minutest detail on top of that. I am an owner, and yet I'll argue about the sign on the wall.
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One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.
