Clarence Day Quotes
The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go on, it is labor.
Quotes to Explore
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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I still don't have a car. I still travel by public transport. I take autos to travel to and fro for recordings.
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In [Philip] Howard's view, our reliance on law, lawyers, and lawsuits has turned Americans into fat, neurotic cowards who 'go through the day looking over their shoulder instead of where they want to go.'
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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I think we all wear some kind of mask. There are masks that shield us from others, but there are masks that embolden us, and you see that in carnival. The shiest child puts on a mask and can do anything and be anybody.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go on, it is labor.
