Conrad Hall Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
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All of my stuff is raw, it's emotive, it's real.
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While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.
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Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
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We are privileged that the dollar is the "currency of last resort" and the most important currency in the world. Global commodities are priced in dollars. Central banks in other countries hold great quantities of dollars. The dollar was the safe harbor, the port in the storm during the credit crisis.
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Photography is a very important part of my life.
