Blaise Pascal Quotes
One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
Quotes to Explore
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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I just want to do my job.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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I find the business world hard.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket.
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I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think.
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To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
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Sometimes sadness is appropriate. Not something to run from, not something to numb...just something to feel.
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I'm a mother, I'm a journalist, I'm an American; I'm all of those things, and it really complicates your job when you have all these things come into play.
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One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
