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8803 Writer Quotes

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

Been Break Consequence Direction
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The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.

Affairs Any Business Consulting
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The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

Abuse Disposition Does Majority
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It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil.

Agency Aim Evil Good
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It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will tell, with a reasonable degree of graphic effect, what he has seen, will not fail to carry the reader with him; for the interest we all feel in personal adventure is, of itself, success.

Adventure Amusing Any Book
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All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at the expense of the majority.

Combinations Common Expense Individuals
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The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe finds his greatest pleasure, at first, in hunting up the memorials of the past. Each is in quest of novelty, and is burning with the desire to gaze at objects of which he has often read.

America American Burning Delight
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Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean.

Acquisitions Age Apt Becomes
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Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.
Bargain Battles Discussed Rarely
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I can never tire of speaking of the bridges of Paris. By day and by night have I paused on them to gaze at their views; the word not being too comprehensive for the crowds and groupings of objects that are visible from their arches.

Being Bridges Comprehensive Crowds
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Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal to condemn, compared with other capitals, I think it is entitled to a distinguished place in this particular.

Compared Condemn Deal Distinguished
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I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.

Across Acting Actually Been
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I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.
Even Feel I Feel Like
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A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.

Actor Almost Base Being
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I become kind of obsessive about research.
About Become Kind Obsessive
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I was kind of scared of failing at acting.
Acting Failing Kind Scared
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When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

Crazy Does Even Get
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I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.

Accents Different Irish Italian
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When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

Actor Bad Braces Child
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Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.

Acting Always Art Art Form
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It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.

Based Doing Figure Film
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When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.

Actor Appreciated Back Bit
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I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.
Am Going Guy His
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But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!

Die Much Want Do
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If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

Because Does Doing Good
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It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.

Bedroom Dark Feels Go
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The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime-time television or film; normally you don't see a film actor going to do a soap.

Actor Actor Film General
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I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.

Angeles English Film Going
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I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.

Acting After Educating English
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Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.

Another Any Direction Having
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When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

About Based Film Film School
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One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book.

Actor Admire Aspect Book
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If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

Before Film Like Morning
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I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
Big Guy Sweater Cardigan
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There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.

Around Because Care Directing
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When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe and some terrible accent. Obviously, I was doing too much. If you bring too much flavor to it, it's absurd. There's something to just being spontaneous.

Absurd Accent Being Bring
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You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.

Actor Certain Get Hard
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I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.
Book Every Fan His
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I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.
Go Need Really Vacation
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I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort of mission. It's more of a case-by-case basis, and just trying to capture figures that I love. I guess that a lot of the figures that I love were gay.

Actor Basis Because Capture
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There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.

Actor Allowed Area Artwork
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I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

Acting Anyone Box Certainly
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I used to read a lot about myself and the projects I was doing. When I was only acting, I wouldn't read any reviews because I didn't find them to be very helpful.

About Acting Any Because
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Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

About Acting Because Collaborative
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In the end, I do have a group of friends and teachers whose opinions I respect, and so I guess I just have to be content with their feedback.

Content End Feedback Friends
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Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried to control things that were out of my purview as an actor and in some cases even tried to direct my scenes because I felt I knew how they should run rather than trust the director.

Acting Actor Because Bounds
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I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.
Cast I Think Like Self
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My job is what I love. I don't need an escape from it.

Escape I Love Job Love
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I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

Bit Developed Fine Little
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I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There just came a point after those eight years when I thought, 'There's a lot I can do with acting - there are a lot of things I can express and do creatively, but there are also limitations.'

About Acted Acting After
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