Edward McKendree Bounds Quotes
The greatest value in trouble comes to those who bow lowest before the throne.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.
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With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia.
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For too long people have backed companies on hope value rather than solid products coming out. Now we are coming out the other side.
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The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments, and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals constitute the program to which we wish to adhere with ever increasing firmness.
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Simon's obviously very smart. But he's not the smartest person I know.
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The greatest value in trouble comes to those who bow lowest before the throne.
