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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

Aspired Comforts Me
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I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids.

Age Been Calendar Days
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I sadly never got to my prom. I was shooting 'The Outsiders.'

Got Never Outsiders Prom
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Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for - life by keeping eyes, mind and heart open to nature, men, books, experience - and what he gathers serves him at unexpected moments in unforeseen ways.

Lost upon Growth Wasted One
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Now at the end of a long avenue, but when he turned to, look for his followers not one was to be seen; the woods had closed instantly upon him as he had passed through. He was entirely alone, and utter

End Long avenue Followers Seen
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One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

One Greatest Advantages Elite
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The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.

About Always American Declaration
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The key is that your children are aware that you love them a lot, and that you are there when they really, really need you. If a kid was ill, I would simply leave a meeting and go home.

Aware Children Go Home
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I've always hated being hemmed in or seeing anybody being hemmed in. Even when I was the smallest child, I couldn't bear being told I couldn't drink at a so-called white drinking fountain.

Always Anybody Bear Being
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It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

Challenge Going Me Never
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Revolutionary action more often than not was a theatrical concession to the desires of violently discontented masses rather than an actual battle for power.

Revolutionary action Theatrical concession
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Slavery became the social condition of the laboring classes because it was felt that it was the natural condition of life itself.

Slavery Social condition Laboring classes
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But this was a moral question, and the answer to it may not have been legally relevant.

Moral question Answer Legally relevant
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The crime of the Nuremberg Laws was a national crime; it violated national, constitutional rights and liberties, but it was of no concern to the comity of nations.

National crime Violated Constitutional right
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What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

Age Crystal Deemed Dew
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My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.

Bit Decision Default Drift
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I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.

Age Confirmed Prep School
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Then he said the truest thing about their relationship. He said, "We didn't really fall in love. What we did was collide at the intersection of your life and mine.

Relationship In love Intersection Life
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My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.

Alive Always Been Dad
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

Times My father Hated guns Wars
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.

Life Routine Unbearable
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I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.

Born good Grown progressively Year
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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

Down Know Place Politicians
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Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.

Best BestFriend Enough Friend
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I wish I was a more religious person. I really admire Martin Sheen for his Catholicism. It's such a bedrock. I wish I had that in my life.

Admire Bedrock Catholicism Had
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I never believed marriage was a lasting institution. I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

Believed Five Forever Institution
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Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.

Ask Bogart Even Hollywood
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It was Howard Hawks who changed my life.

Changed Hawks Life My Life
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That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

Actor Actor Anyway Because
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When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of the theater; of course, I would have snuck in because I couldn't afford a ticket.

Afford Back Because Bette
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I adored 'Breaking The Waves,' so when Lars von Trier wanted me in 'Dogville,' I was beside myself with joy. He works in a way that nobody I've ever worked with works.

Adored Beside Breaking Ever
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Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

Agency Because Car Car Keys
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My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

Got Had Little Lived
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I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

Above Average Career Medium
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I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

Bully Excruciating Felt Had
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Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Always Bleak Family Family Life
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I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

Aunts Believe Books Could
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I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

Down Get Paper Remember
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My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

Able At Least One Been Bonus
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It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope.

Dope Gossip Inside Vatican
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It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel.

Cathedral Dedicated Rites Secular
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His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

Bill Dull Full Had
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Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

Cards Credit Credit Cards Father
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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.

Seemed glad Appeared Kitchen Watching her
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In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.
Went For walk Definite purpose Mind
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I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to.

Conclusion People Peculiar Withdrew
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I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

Arm Around Call Gentle
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I am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
Braver Have Lost all Nothing
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.

Manner Diamond Truth See it
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Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

Big Desk Happiness Small
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