Lewis Tappan Quotes
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I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners.
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.
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It is true that some people are interested in the buying part of things... They want to buy everything from the movie reviews to the media net to the opinions and so on.
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Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
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I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
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I have this whole new audience now.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
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I'm reteaming with the producers of 'Twilight' on an awesome script. It's very serious, dramatic and different for me. I'm excited to see what's next. I love all aspects of film and all genres.
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Jam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.
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A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
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It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.
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In all, I was in 16 movies, including 'The Bishop's Wife' with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven; I was in 'Rio Grande' with John Wayne, 'Albuquerque' with Randall Scott, 'Blue Skies' with Bing Crosby and 'Hans Christian Anderson' with Danny Kaye.
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I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.
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There was a lake beneath me, but the big, heavy parachute which had to be opened two miles above the ground couldn't be steered. My first thought was, 'Lord, they send just one woman into space, and she has to end up in the water.'
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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
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I'm a massive rom-com head! Like, every rom-com in the '90s and early 2000s, I've watched.
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I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult.
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American Pie' was a big movie for me. No one knew it at the time, but it allowed me to be offered such movies as 'Like Mike' and 'New York Minute' with the Olsen twins.
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Nothing, not love, not greed, not passion or hatred, is stronger than a writer's need to change another writer's copy.
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Every socialistic type of government… produces bad art, produces social inertia, produces really unhappy people, and it's more repressive than any other kind of government.
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The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves.
