Anthony Trollope Quotes
A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to every one else.
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Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended 'Highway' to be the first film that I ever made. Didn't happen.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but with the family that He's blessed me with and the opportunity He's given me to grow up in a home that embraces God.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
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I haven't changed. I'm still the same boy, and I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing.
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The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.
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As a writer, I've always been interested in others.
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A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.
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A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to every one else.
