Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Quotes
If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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The road system that we've come to depend on, the road system that we built our wealth on and our power on, is falling apart.
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I'd like to play Matt Damon's daddy. He's a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and I'd like to play his dad one day.
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'Ponyets! They sent you?' 'Pure chance,' said Ponyets, bitterly, 'or the work of my own personal malevolent demon.'
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My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company nor the producer really knows.
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God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.
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I'm still a, you know, a silly girl... a big kid.
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I don't know how to dance, and I don't have any extra flexible skills.
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I'm not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I... hate texts.
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Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.
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The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional.
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Whenever I see a Frans Hals, I feel the desire to paint; but when I see a Rembrandt, I want to give it up.
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I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
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The rule was I had to go to college, and I couldn't even go to theater camp.
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My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back.
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The lies we tell ourselves are the most subtle of all lies.
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I don’t think you ever get over it, but you do get through it.
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Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised.
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Every time you do a big sword fight surrounded by a couple of hundred extras, it's a fun day at work.
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My parents were Belfast Catholics.
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Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you.
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If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.
