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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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 didn't go to school a lot.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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It has been a tremendous privilege to serve the people of Utah during my time in the United States House of Representatives, but my time in the House should not be the sum total of my service.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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Partial answers on the questions: 'And what did you mean when you said you would come back? Would you lobby Congress? Maybe explore the political arena again?'
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People like my films. They understand me through my films; it's like a connection that has been established between all my work and myself and the audience and the viewer.
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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.
