Lionel Blue Quotes
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.
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I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul. No, give me a ruined complexion and a lost figure and sixteen chins on a farmyard of Crow's feet and an obvious wig. Then you shall see me coming out strong.
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I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.
