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the attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad
Stephen Leacock
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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
Joseph Addison
Keywords: affected :: age :: all :: an :: and :: antiquity :: be :: censure :: eminent :: escaping :: every :: fiery :: folly :: for :: have :: illustrious :: in :: indeed :: is :: it :: man :: of :: passed :: persecution :: persons :: the :: think :: this :: through :: to :: weakness :: with :: worldSubject: Persecution QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation
Horace
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Gossip needn`t be false to be evil - there`s a lot of truth that shouldn`t be passed around.
Frank A. Clark
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The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to “put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honest...
Terry Pratchett
Keywords: accurate :: and :: ankh :: as :: attempt :: “put :: descriptive :: determined :: during :: entirely :: honest :: ii :: in :: introduce :: is :: legislation :: morpork :: of :: olaf :: passed :: patrician :: point :: quimby :: rarely :: reign :: some :: sort :: stop :: that :: the :: thing :: this :: to :: very :: was :: writingSubject: Legends QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.
Jean Arp
Keywords: after :: and :: back :: contemplation :: day :: devices :: distract :: essence :: from :: has :: have :: he :: his :: humanity :: increase :: into :: invents :: legend :: life :: machines :: man :: meditation :: noise :: of :: on :: passed :: silence :: soon :: that :: the :: turned :: willSubject: Technology QuotesSource: brainyquote.com
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In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Leonardo da Vinci
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If I studied all my life, I couldn`t think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
Will Rogers
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The present is a point just passed.
David Russell
Subject: Time QuotesSource: brainyquote.com
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I liked the Million Dollar Baby (2004)` script a lot. Warner Bros. said the project had been submitted to them and they`d passed on it. I said, "But I like it." They said, "Well, it`s a boxing movie." And I said, "It`s not a boxing movie in my opinion. It...
Clint Eastwood
Keywords: 2004 :: and :: baby :: been :: boxing :: bros :: but :: daught :: dollar :: father :: had :: in :: it :: like :: liked :: lot :: million :: movie :: my :: not :: on :: opinion :: passed :: project :: said :: script :: submitted :: the :: them :: they :: to :: warner :: wellSource: imdb.com
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[on his being passed over for Tim Burton`s 1989 Batman (1989)] I cried for an hour, but then I was okay. I wanted it! I don`t know. I figured that`s their business and they have a film in mind. I`ve already done it. I`ve done my Batman. Look, do you want ...
Adam West
Keywords: 1989 :: already :: an :: and :: batman :: being :: burton :: business :: but :: classic :: cried :: do :: don :: done :: figured :: film :: for :: have :: his :: hour :: in :: it :: know :: look :: mind :: my :: okay :: on :: over :: passed :: that :: the :: their :: then :: they :: tim :: ve :: want :: wanted :: was :: youSource: imdb.com
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Since Helen passed on I can`t find anything; the heart, quite simply, has gone out of everything. Time is interminable, the loneliness is almost unbearable and the only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that my dear Helen and I will be united aga...
Peter Cushing
Keywords: again :: almost :: and :: anything :: be :: can :: dear :: everything :: find :: going :: gone :: has :: heart :: helen :: interminable :: is :: keeps :: knowledge :: loneliness :: me :: my :: of :: on :: only :: out :: passed :: quite :: simply :: since :: so :: that :: the :: thing :: time :: unbearable :: united :: willSource: imdb.com
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People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don`t think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed.
Kirk Douglas
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You made the right choice, kiddo! - Peck`s tongue-in-cheek response when he discovered that his second wife, the French journalist Veronique Passani, had passed up an opportunity to interview Albert Schweitzer at a lunch hosted by Jean-Paul Sartre in orde...
Gregory Peck
Keywords: albert :: an :: at :: by :: cheek :: choice :: discovered :: french :: had :: he :: his :: hosted :: in :: interview :: jean :: journalist :: kiddo :: lunch :: made :: opportunity :: order :: passani :: passed :: paul :: peck :: response :: right :: sartre :: schweitzer :: second :: that :: the :: to :: tongue :: up :: veronique :: when :: wife :: youSource: imdb.com
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Since my first hit, I can`t believe how quickly time has passed. This collection is very dear to me and holds a lifetime of memories. There is nothing like time to give you a sense of perspective and I hope the listener gets as much enjoyment out of these...
Kylie Minogue
Keywords: and :: as :: believe :: can :: collection :: dear :: enjoyment :: first :: gets :: give :: has :: hit :: holds :: hope :: how :: is :: lifetime :: like :: listener :: me :: memories :: much :: my :: nothing :: of :: out :: passed :: perspective :: quickly :: sense :: since :: the :: there :: these :: this :: time :: to :: tr :: very :: youSource: imdb.com
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[On why he passed on Fatal Attraction (1987)] There wasn`t a grain of originality in it - it was Play Misty for Me (1971) with Michael Douglas filling in for Clint Eastwood. Also, the original version, the script I read, had Glenn Close winning in the end...
John Carpenter
Keywords: 1971 :: 1987 :: also :: attraction :: by :: clint :: close :: douglas :: eastwood :: end :: fatal :: filling :: for :: glenn :: grain :: had :: he :: in :: it :: killing :: me :: michael :: misty :: of :: on :: original :: originality :: passed :: play :: read :: script :: the :: there :: version :: was :: wasn :: why :: winning :: withSource: imdb.com
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I`m feeling rather joyful. I cannot tell you how much of a weight off the mind it is. - after his assessors approved of his thesis and he passed an oral exam.
Brian May
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[On getting the part in Liberty Heights (1999)] "It was so surreal just to audition for it to begin with. When I got the call I was passed out. I was at my family`s house, just taking a break from my apartment, and my mom came and knocked on my door. I sa...
Ben Foster
Keywords: 1999 :: and :: apartment :: at :: audition :: begin :: break :: call :: came :: door :: family :: for :: from :: getting :: got :: heights :: house :: in :: it :: just :: knocked :: leave :: liberty :: mom :: my :: on :: out :: part :: passed :: said :: so :: surreal :: taking :: the :: to :: was :: when :: withSource: imdb.com
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There were some movies I passed on early on, and some movies I didn`t get, some big studio films. But now I look back and I realize that I really came later in life to a kind of career. I was somewhat typecast as suburban "mom" type roles early on. But I`...
Patricia Clarkson
Keywords: alwa :: and :: as :: back :: big :: but :: came :: career :: didn :: early :: films :: get :: in :: kind :: later :: life :: look :: mom :: movies :: now :: of :: on :: passed :: realize :: really :: roles :: some :: somewhat :: studio :: suburban :: that :: there :: to :: type :: typecast :: ve :: was :: wereSource: imdb.com
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Frank Sinatra has passed on the torch to me. But little did he know that he`d be passing it on to a gay opera queen
Rufus Wainwright
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Once the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed, I had other agendas.
Charlton Heston
Source: imdb.com
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I`m convinced wearing those corsets for 14 hours at a time deformed me for life. I was 16 years old and still growing at the time of the shooting. I could barely breathe, and with Christine`s intense emotions I hyperventilated and almost passed out. I thi...
Emmy Rossum
Keywords: 14 :: 16 :: almost :: and :: at :: barely :: breathe :: christine :: convinced :: corsets :: could :: deformed :: emotions :: for :: growing :: hours :: hyperventilated :: intense :: life :: me :: of :: old :: out :: passed :: shooting :: still :: the :: think :: those :: time :: was :: wearing :: with :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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When Helen passed on six years ago I lost the only joy in life that I ever wanted. She was my whole life and without her there is no meaning. I am simply killing time, so to speak, until that wonderful day when we are together again.
Peter Cushing
Keywords: again :: ago :: am :: and :: are :: day :: ever :: helen :: her :: in :: is :: joy :: killing :: life :: lost :: meaning :: my :: no :: on :: only :: passed :: she :: simply :: six :: so :: speak :: that :: the :: there :: time :: to :: together :: until :: wanted :: was :: we :: when :: whole :: without :: wonderful :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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I find it weird the way people get so excited about celebrity. If my friends are on the phone, their friends will say: `Is that kid from Love Actually there?` And the phone gets passed round and I have to speak to this stranger asking: `Are you famous?` I...
Thomas Sangster
Keywords: about :: actually :: and :: are :: asking :: celebrity :: don :: excited :: famous :: find :: friends :: from :: get :: gets :: have :: if :: is :: it :: kid :: kno :: love :: my :: on :: passed :: people :: phone :: round :: say :: so :: speak :: stranger :: that :: the :: their :: there :: this :: to :: way :: weird :: will :: youSource: imdb.com
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[talking about her Oscar nomination (her father Burt Lane, who managed her early career, passed away in February 2002] The only phone call I really yearn to make is one I can`t, which is to say, "Guess what, Dad?"
Diane Lane
Keywords: 2002 :: about :: away :: burt :: call :: can :: career :: dad :: early :: father :: february :: guess :: her :: in :: is :: lane :: make :: managed :: nomination :: one :: only :: oscar :: passed :: phone :: really :: say :: talking :: the :: to :: what :: which :: who :: yearnSource: imdb.com
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People today are still living off the table scraps of the `60s. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
Bob Dylan
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Films were already changing into what they are today when I became `available` in 1962. The kind of role I was supposedly best suited for -- light romantic comedy leads -- no longer existed. There wasn`t a place for me. Feature films, you might say, passe...
Robert Young
Keywords: 1962 :: already :: are :: available :: became :: best :: by :: changing :: comedy :: existed :: feature :: films :: for :: in :: into :: kind :: leads :: light :: longer :: me :: might :: no :: of :: passed :: place :: role :: romantic :: ry :: say :: suited :: supposedly :: the :: there :: they :: today :: was :: wasn :: were :: wh :: what :: when :: youSource: imdb.com
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You made the right choice, kiddo! - Peck`s tongue-in-cheek response when he discovered that his second wife, the French journalist Veronique Passani, had passed up an opportunity to interview Albert Schweitzer at a lunch hosted by `Jean Paul Sartre` in or...
Gregory Peck
Keywords: albert :: an :: at :: by :: cheek :: choice :: discovered :: french :: had :: he :: his :: hosted :: in :: interview :: jean :: journalist :: kiddo :: lunch :: made :: opportunity :: order :: passani :: passed :: paul :: peck :: response :: right :: sartre :: schweitzer :: second :: that :: the :: to :: tongue :: up :: veronique :: when :: wife :: youSource: imdb.com
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Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam. But I must relate the horrors as I recall them, in the hope that some force for mankind might be moved to rel...
Frances Farmer
Keywords: and :: as :: be :: bedlam :: believing :: but :: console :: despicable :: did :: era :: evil :: for :: force :: has :: hope :: horrors :: in :: into :: it :: large :: looms :: mankind :: might :: moved :: must :: never :: of :: passed :: recall :: relate :: reliev :: some :: terror :: that :: the :: them :: to :: today :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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(On playing real life characters) "There`s a lot of shame that goes on when you`re playing someone who has really lived and has passed. You`re struggling with it all the time. I am, anyway. When I played "Robert Howard" in The Whole Wide World (1996), I w...
Vincent D`Onofrio
Keywords: 1996 :: all :: am :: and :: anyway :: characters :: goes :: has :: howard :: in :: it :: life :: lived :: lot :: of :: on :: passed :: played :: playing :: re :: real :: really :: robert :: shame :: someone :: strugglin :: struggling :: that :: the :: there :: time :: was :: when :: who :: whole :: wide :: with :: world :: youSource: imdb.com
