Clarence Darrow Quotes
I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
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If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.
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I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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With every social media, there's hate and things like that.
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I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years.
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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
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I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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Nobody wants to hear me rap.
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During an earthquake it sometimes happens that fresh springs break out in dry places which water and quicken the land so that plants can grow. In the same way the shattering experiences of suffering can cause the living water to well up in a human heart.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
