Claude Rains Quotes
God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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We have a queen-size bed and the dog sleeps in the middle. John and I are sort of these little quotation marks on either corner.
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If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
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I think 'Trial & Retribution' as a brand can go on forever. Its joy is that it has, to an extent, a formula, which gives a comfort routine for viewers. But we allow our directors total autarchy in putting their personalities on their stories.
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I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
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There's a lot of females that hustle, just like men hustle.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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Sometimes there are some matchups and man-to-mans that you like to match up on.
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I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
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I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.
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Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true.
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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.
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God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.
