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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
Linda Thorson
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Bill Lovejoy
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It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands
Andre Gide
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It`s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin
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I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Frida Kahlo
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It`s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin
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Coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! I mean, why can`t all decent men and women call themselves feminists? Out of respect for those who fought for this. I mean, look around, we have this.
Ani DiFranco
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[about his personal style] Comfort. If it`s comfortable and it looks decent, I`ll wear it. There`s no in-between for me. Either I want to be rocking in an Armani suit, or I want to be in jeans and a T-shirt. I wouldn`t want to be in khakis and a button-do...
Sean Faris
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(July 2003): "I`ve never had a decent haircut except the short one I`m sporting right now for "Lakshya"."
Hrithik Roshan
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I never wanted movies to be an end. I wanted them to be a means so that I could have a decent life -- meet attractive women, go out on dates, live decently. Not opulently, but with some security. I feel the same way now. A guy like Steven Spielberg will g...
Woody Allen
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Tarzan films are decent films, designed for family viewing. It`s an idealistic, down-to-earth story about a man`s love for animals and the care of his family.
Johnny Weissmuller
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[on America] I can tell you why I love her. I have a lust for her dignity. I look at her wonderfully classic face, and I see hidden in it a sense of humor that I love. I think of wonderful, exciting, decent things when I look at her . . .
John Wayne
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I`m definitely no Bridget Jones. I don`t believe in that whole `oh there are no decent men out there` thing. Get real girls- there are loads of gorgeous guys on every street corner
Eva Longoria
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(on researching his role as Plainview in There Will Be Blood (2007)) I read a lot of correspondence dating from that period. Decent middle-class lives with wives and children were abandoned to pursue this elusive possibility. They were bank clerks and shi...
Daniel Day-Lewis
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[on his third wife Pilar Wayne] I can tell you why I love her. I have a lust for her dignity. I look at her wonderfully classic face, and I see hidden in it a sense of humor that I love. I think of wonderful, exciting, decent things when I look at her.
John Wayne
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I only have to do three things to look halfway decent, curl my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and put some lipstick on.
Courteney Cox
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I admire any director who makes his living solely from directing. I`m fortunate enough to earn a decent wage by occasionally playing psychopaths in other people`s movies, allowing me the luxury of not having to depend on the movies I direct to put food on...
Steve Buscemi
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People think by challenging me they`re going to show they`re tough. But I`m not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter.
Johnny Knoxville
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The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [_Angel" (1999/I)_] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it ...
Joss Whedon
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It was always assumed that the classics were a good line of work for me because I had a decent voice and the right nose. But anybody who comes from an essentially cynical European society is going to be bewitched by the sheer enthusiasm of the New World. ...
Daniel Day-Lewis
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The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.
Errol Flynn
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When I lay my head on the pillow at night, I can say "I was a decent person today". That`s when I feel beautiful.
Drew Barrymore
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Every decent director has only one subject, and finally only makes the same film over and over again. My subject is the exploitability of feelings, whoever might be the one exploiting them. It never ends. It`s a permanent theme. Whether the state exploits...
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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[on quitting her acting career]: "I had a couple of years where I only grossed about three thousand dollars and I couldn`t make a living. Dad wrote me a letter and said, `Get out of that movie business, get yourself a decent job, girl!` I was divorced and...
Merry Anders
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If a guy as good and decent with as much grace as Chuck Heston can stand up for an issue that I think is very important ... then I certainly could stand up and I plan on remaining a life member for life.
Tom Selleck
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The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose.
James Jones
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The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose.
James Jones
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So, what I said was, If they come up with a decent script that you (Arnold Schwarzenegger) like and you think you can play, do something cool, and they pay you an awful lot of money, you should just go do it. Don`t feel like you`re betraying me or anythin...
James Cameron
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I was surprised to be so crazy about Joe. I expected a flashy New York sports type, and instead I met this reserved guy who didn`t make a pass at me right away! He treated me like something special. Joe is a very decent man, and he makes other people feel...
Marilyn Monroe
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You have Intel that reports tonight, so you saw a pretty decent run on the semis and that took technology with it early. But then you`re seeing a little bit of profit-taking just in case that Intel number isn`t quite as good as people hoped it would be.
Aurimas Kieza
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