Lionel Barrymore Quotes
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
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At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.
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You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.
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The less people know about 'Paranormal Activity,' the more they enjoy it.
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Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn't yield to it. She continues to get up and she continues to struggle for a better life.
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I know that you don't believe it, but indeed, life will bring you through. You will live it down in time. What you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!
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I liked myself better when I wasn't me.
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Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!
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I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.
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I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.
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If a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.
