Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.
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Figure out who you are.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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These are not paintings in the usual sense, they are life and death merging in fearful union.
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What a thrill it is to have my writing recognized by an institution as admirable and vital as the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Poverty possesses this disease; through want it teaches a man evil.
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Perhaps there was a natural process at work here; a means by which the mind dealt with experiences that contradicted a lifetime’s prejudices about the nature of reality. People simple forgot.
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But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
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What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.
