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My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing Picture Quote #1

'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative Picture Quote #1

I think that my interpretation of Italian was a lot more southern than what my husband cooks. You know, I grew up in Queens and in Brooklyn, and we - really, it's more southern. It's Naples and Sicily. It's heavier. It's over-spiced. and like most Americans, I thought spaghetti and meatballs was genius Picture Quote #1

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself Picture Quote #1

006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters Picture Quote #1

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I must have been Japanese in a previous life. I'm pretty sure I was a warrioress. I can't explain it, I just know. I'm good at fighting - fighting with a big sword Picture Quote #1

I haven't got much time to waste It's time to make my way I'm not afraid of what I'll face but I'm afraid to stay Picture Quote #1

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. and I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done Picture Quote #1

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them Picture Quote #1

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow Picture Quote #1

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities Picture Quote #1

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The first week of this month was International Cat Week, and as the cat is, above all animals, the writer's pet, I suppose I should have written something about it. But I do not care about weeks, and every week is a cat week with me Picture Quote #1

The young people, who were all Canadians, immediately formed themselves into a committee of the whole, from which they elected a working committee, which discussed the matter for about an hour, though as it was a committee the time seemed to be a year and a day Picture Quote #1

As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of genius; which to angels look like torment and insanity. I collected some of their proverbs Picture Quote #1

Celtic civilization was tribal, but by no means savage or uncultivated. People who regarded the theft of a harp from a bard as a crime second only to an attack on the tribal chieftain cannot be regarded as wanting in cultivated feeling Picture Quote #1

An important aspect of nonconformity was its cult of the bible as the fount of all wisdom. But the bible takes much of its color from whoever is reading it, and it provides a text to support almost every shade of opinion, however preposterous Picture Quote #1

…some say that happiness is not good for mortals and they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals and is utterly useless to any one a blight never does good to a tree and if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight Picture Quote #1

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I was reading Dorothy Dix this afternoon; she says that it is permissible for a young man to tell a girl he knows fairly well that she has pretty ankles; from this I assume that the better he knows her the higher he may praise her Picture Quote #1

By this time I had discovered that all the gamey bits were cut out of the school texts, because I had a Shakespeare of my own; the Ontario Department of Education was hard at its impossible task of trying to educate the masses without in any permanent way inflaming their minds Picture Quote #1

It was easier to keep myself from becoming a success as an actor. Critics were careful not to outrage my modesty by their praise, and the public scrupulously refused to debauch me with applause. I have thought about it a good deal, and my conclusion is that I was ahead of my time. Or behind it Picture Quote #1

When my mother died I was very young, and my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot i sleep Picture Quote #1

Quaint though this attitude seems now, it was unquestionably the prevalent one in the nineteenth century, and it would be over-bold to say that it will never return to favour, for the range of human folly is infinite Picture Quote #1

It is not as though do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law was a precept from which splendid fiction could not be drawn; it is rather that what these small-time rebels choose to do is so trivial, so cheap, and in the end, so dreary Picture Quote #1

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The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of angels and god, and at liberty when of devils and hell, is because he was a true poet and of the devil's party without knowing it Picture Quote #1

And how often do we meet the man who prefaces his remarks with: I was reading a book last night... In the too loud, overenunciated fashion of one who might be saying: I keep a hippogryph in my basement. Reading confers status Picture Quote #1

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted history? Picture Quote #1

The day has long passed when a university degree was a guarantee of experience in the humanities, or of literacy beyond its barest meaning of being able, after a fashion, to read and write Picture Quote #1

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so Picture Quote #1

Children of the future age reading this indignant page, know that in a former time love! Sweet love! Was thought a crime Picture Quote #1

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My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing (Was Quotes) 'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative (Was Quotes) I think that my interpretation of Italian was a lot more southern than what my husband cooks. You know, I grew up in Queens and in Brooklyn, and we - really, it's more southern. It's Naples and Sicily. It's heavier. It's over-spiced. and like most Americans, I thought spaghetti and meatballs was genius (Was Quotes) A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself (Was Quotes) "10" was amazing! I had no career before "10" and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much whatever I was able to do in the business (Was Quotes) 006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters (Was Quotes) I must have been Japanese in a previous life. I'm pretty sure I was a warrioress. I can't explain it, I just know. I'm good at fighting - fighting with a big sword (Was Quotes) I haven't got much time to waste It's time to make my way I'm not afraid of what I'll face but I'm afraid to stay (Was Quotes) When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. and I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done (Was Quotes) I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them (Was Quotes) I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow (Was Quotes) He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities (Was Quotes) The first week of this month was International Cat Week, and as the cat is, above all animals, the writer's pet, I suppose I should have written something about it. But I do not care about weeks, and every week is a cat week with me (Was Quotes) The young people, who were all Canadians, immediately formed themselves into a committee of the whole, from which they elected a working committee, which discussed the matter for about an hour, though as it was a committee the time seemed to be a year and a day (Was Quotes) As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of genius; which to angels look like torment and insanity. I collected some of their proverbs (Was Quotes) Celtic civilization was tribal, but by no means savage or uncultivated. People who regarded the theft of a harp from a bard as a crime second only to an attack on the tribal chieftain cannot be regarded as wanting in cultivated feeling (Was Quotes) An important aspect of nonconformity was its cult of the bible as the fount of all wisdom. But the bible takes much of its color from whoever is reading it, and it provides a text to support almost every shade of opinion, however preposterous (Was Quotes) …some say that happiness is not good for mortals and they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals and is utterly useless to any one a blight never does good to a tree and if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight (Was Quotes) I was reading Dorothy Dix this afternoon; she says that it is permissible for a young man to tell a girl he knows fairly well that she has pretty ankles; from this I assume that the better he knows her the higher he may praise her (Was Quotes) By this time I had discovered that all the gamey bits were cut out of the school texts, because I had a Shakespeare of my own; the Ontario Department of Education was hard at its impossible task of trying to educate the masses without in any permanent way inflaming their minds (Was Quotes) It was easier to keep myself from becoming a success as an actor. Critics were careful not to outrage my modesty by their praise, and the public scrupulously refused to debauch me with applause. I have thought about it a good deal, and my conclusion is that I was ahead of my time. Or behind it (Was Quotes) When my mother died I was very young, and my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot i sleep (Was Quotes) Quaint though this attitude seems now, it was unquestionably the prevalent one in the nineteenth century, and it would be over-bold to say that it will never return to favour, for the range of human folly is infinite (Was Quotes) It is not as though do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law was a precept from which splendid fiction could not be drawn; it is rather that what these small-time rebels choose to do is so trivial, so cheap, and in the end, so dreary (Was Quotes) The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of angels and god, and at liberty when of devils and hell, is because he was a true poet and of the devil's party without knowing it (Was Quotes) And how often do we meet the man who prefaces his remarks with: I was reading a book last night... In the too loud, overenunciated fashion of one who might be saying: I keep a hippogryph in my basement. Reading confers status (Was Quotes) In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted history? (Was Quotes) The day has long passed when a university degree was a guarantee of experience in the humanities, or of literacy beyond its barest meaning of being able, after a fashion, to read and write (Was Quotes) As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so (Was Quotes) Children of the future age reading this indignant page, know that in a former time love! Sweet love! Was thought a crime (Was Quotes)

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