In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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