Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose; for good books are as scarce as good companions.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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If I don't terrorize, I'm not Pop.
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In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and disappointments must be a cabbage, not a human being. That is number one.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose; for good books are as scarce as good companions.
