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James Earl Jones: The last thing...

James Earl Jones: The last thing...

The last thing I want to be is a rich black superstar. I just want to act.

Source:...

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Dustin Hoffman: The two basic...

Dustin Hoffman: The two basic...

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

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Yul Brynner: Et cetera, et...

Yul Brynner: Et cetera, et...

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Source: Frequent refrain in The King and I,...

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Denzel Washington: Acting is just...

Denzel Washington: Acting is just...

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Source: In The...

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Cary Grant: I improve on...

Cary Grant: I improve on...

I improve on misquotation.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Warren Beatty: In a way,...

Warren Beatty: In a way,...

In a way, I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an in-depth interview. I'd...

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Spencer Tracy: Concentrate, don't embroider....

Spencer Tracy: Concentrate, don't embroider....

Concentrate, don't embroider.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Ralph Richardson: The art of...

Ralph Richardson: The art of...

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Source: In The...

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Ben Stein: You must take...

Ben Stein: You must take...

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edg[e], fitter to bruise than...

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John Vanbrugh: Good manners and...

John Vanbrugh: Good manners and...

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

Source: In...

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Tom Stoppard: If you took...

Tom Stoppard: If you took...

If you took away everything in the world that had to be invented, there'd be nothing left except a lot of people...

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Maurice Maeterlinck: Our reason may...

Maurice Maeterlinck: Our reason may...

Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

Jean-Paul Sartre: All human actions...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Twinkle, twinkle, little...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the...

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Louise Erdrich: They were so...

Louise Erdrich: They were so...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were;...

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Terence: This I consider...

Terence: This I consider...

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

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John Ford: Honour,<br>How much we...

John Ford: Honour,
How much we...

Honour,
How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee.


Source: The Broken...

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Thomas Middleton: There's no hate...

Thomas Middleton: There's no hate...

There's no hate lost between us.

Source: The Witch, act 4, sc. 3, 1627.
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