Edwin Booth Quotes
I cannot grieve at death. It seems to me the greatest boon the Almighty has granted us. Consequently I cannot appreciated the grief of those who mourn the loss of loved ones, particularly if they go early from this hell of misery to which we have been doomed.
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
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I love the scent of jasmine, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. They remind me of gardens and visits to the ocean I would make as a boy.
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I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.
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I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people.
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I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.
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I think what you have to do is have a box office success in every genre and then you're set for life. And fortunately, I happened to do that, so I get a myriad of offers of various sorts.
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Conflict is necessary for growth. But too often conflict becomes a haven for the soul. Until one day, the soul can no longer free itself. In real growth the soul learns to fly rather than having the ego inflated with praise from accomplishments as if it were a balloon. Only because it buys time, do we develop a strong and protective ego. This is the early stage in the soul’s evolution, until such time when the soul hatches out of its shell, which is the ego, into a new world in which there is incomparable beauty.
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A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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He knew what had to be done. It is not always the same as knowing what to do.
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I cannot grieve at death. It seems to me the greatest boon the Almighty has granted us. Consequently I cannot appreciated the grief of those who mourn the loss of loved ones, particularly if they go early from this hell of misery to which we have been doomed.
