Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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They say TV has a tendency to diminish actors, and I think that's probably true in the long run - it wears on 'em like bad dental work - but Cheech doesn't show any of the signs of being damaged that way. And as a man, he's fantastic.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, better, and more at peace. By peace, I mean the harmony you can feel in our united determination to fight these terrorists and killers.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said. The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said, I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one. (p.158)
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but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.
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Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.
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It's funny when you know you're playing two characters and you're aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You're constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.
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Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.
