Clarence Darrow Quotes
Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
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One thing I've learned is that the best thing a producer can do is help you be you.
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I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.
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In modern novels I try to not let myself get away and to be here, and that's why I write about my life and myself. But even when I do that there's an element of disappearing to a place that's not me. It's "the selflessness of writing". It seldom happens, but when it does it's worth quite a lot.
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As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life, there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives, etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises... or not! Ha!
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Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.
