Charles Dudley Warner Quotes
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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When I was growing up, my dad and I would go hunting and camping every weekend. Like everyone in my family, he is an amazing cook, and I've tried to learn a lot from all of them.
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The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is unbecoming in an artist to talk about inspiration; that is the reader's business.
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If you look at healthcare today, it's all about disease. It's not about understanding wellness at all.
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At one point I was introduced to a devastatingly handsome young man -- beautiful, really -- with black unruly hair, large sensitive eyes fringed by long dark lashes, a full sensuous mouth -- and an irresistible personality. His name was Tony Curtis.
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People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.
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I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.
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One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.
