Channing Pollock Quotes
Two things are as big as the man who possesses them - neither bigger nor smaller. One is a minute, the other a dollar.
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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Rahm Emanuel is, we are almost certain, a vampire.
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
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I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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I learned to be a hot-air balloon pilot to take tourists over the Masai Mara Reserve in order to earn some money and finance the work I was doing with my wife, Anne. We were studying the life of a family of lions for more than two years. Taking pictures was a way to capture information we could not put in words.
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.
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Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.
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The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.
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It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
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When I made 'Eight Below,' they wanted me to shoot digital, and I didn't want to do it because that's just what I need, to get a great series of takes and then find out the camera was frozen.
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A bad day can tell you more about yourself than a good day.
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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can.
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It's one thing to give up some plays and get beat when you're in position or if you execute properly and you're just not quite able to make the play. It's another when you put yourself out of position and allow someone to convert on you or make a big play just because of your own doings.
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God always wants us to be growing.
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Two things are as big as the man who possesses them - neither bigger nor smaller. One is a minute, the other a dollar.
