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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Of all the creatures in the world that really frighten me - the hyena in Africa, the great white shark - leopard seals are near the top of the list. They're killers. If my team spots one, they'll pull me out of the water.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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I have never cared about setting world records, or filling my boat with fish, or, for that matter, even catching fish. I go for the experience of spending six hours in the arms of the ocean, never thinking of a single thing except chasing fish.
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I'm always looking for inspiration.
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It's one of my government's ambitions to secure a seat for Ireland on the U.N. Security Council so that we can play an even greater role in international affairs and try to build what we all believe in, which is a world of laws.
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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.
