Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.
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When reproached for spending too much time with books and clerks, Charles answered, 'As long as knowledge is honored in this country, so long will it prosper.'
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When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
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Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it.
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A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
