Livy Quotes
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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I am Damian Lewis, not Daniel Day-Lewis.
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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
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I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.
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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
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Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled, and you're treated with kid gloves. Everyone is like, 'Can I get you some water?' or 'Can I put on your slippers?'
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India always inspires me.
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As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
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I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I did. I stopped acting in all things, and I wrote my first script, which was optioned a week after I finished it.
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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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This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.
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We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.
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Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets.
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If I'm creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want, and nobody will say it's wrong.
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All I've done is my job, and I intend to continue doing it. And I'm not especially worried about the criticism that comes from the bench.
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I have the cliche 'struggling actor' story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L.A. soon after graduation to get some jobs, but it didn't work out. I wanted to cut my teeth in professional theater, so I came back to New York. It made my journey a longer one, but I really wanted to excel in the theater.
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Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Crying wolf is a real danger.
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Potius sero quam nunquam.
