Famous Quotes: Life

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
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If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.
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When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic.
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As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.
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I did this Super-8 film at art school called 'Tissues,' this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.
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Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.
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Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.
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Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.
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It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.
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If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
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The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.
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It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive.
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Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.
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My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life.
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I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.
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Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
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Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.
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My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.
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