Kelly Wearstler Quotes
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For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.
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I met Tyler Perry and we did 'House of Payne' and a movie. We've done a couple other films since then, but it all boils down to the work. I'm a work-a-holic, which is why I think that I've been successful. If you tell me no, I'll work even harder!
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It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there – then I realised how much I liked it.
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When I was 15 years old, I left school and became a professional boxer.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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As a director, you're looking for ways to tell the story with the whole image and not primarily dialogue.
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There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.
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It's nice to have boundaries, because as long as we have them, we can cross them a bit, and that's what perks interest. If you have full freedom, what do you do?
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If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!
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I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.
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People like me who have passion are derided: 'Ha ha ha! She's hysterical!' 'She's very passionate!' Listen how the Americans speak about me: 'A very passionate Italian.'
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A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
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Life gets boring, someone invents another necessity, and once again we turn the crank on the screwjack of progress hoping that nobody gets screwed.
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Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'
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When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.
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The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.
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The thing about failure is that you never know how close you were to success.
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I am just a curious gal who is continuing to be curious.
