Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) Quotes
The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians-and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.
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When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.
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My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.
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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint.
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An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.
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I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.
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I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
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It's always a help when you have worked with someone as you've got to know them a bit already.
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There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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What I have learned is that designers are willing to tell the world that they are here to empower women from all different backgrounds and different walks of life.
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The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
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No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
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Dreams grow if you grow.
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Whenever some kind of mass shooting or any other kind of violent activity takes place, we kind of hold our breath until we are sure that no Muslim was involved, because we know that these incidents will be treated differently if a Muslim is involved versus if somebody of another background is involved.
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People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.
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Understanding why we are here, what we are supposed to be doing, relationships, and striving to do more other than play football - when you get understanding like that and apply it, it works wonders.
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We are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order.
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As far as Raman Raghav is concerned, he is ruthless.
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To give someone a piece of your heart, is worth more than all the wealth in the world.
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The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians-and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.
