I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
#quotes #piet-pieterszoon-hein #art

All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
#quotes #angus-wilson #pride #sin

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
#quotes #paul-cook #military #vietnam #russia

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
#quotes #anthony-trollope #law

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
#quotes #lionel-hampton #music

Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
#quotes #thomas-a-edison #ideas #hallucinations

Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
#quotes #richard-brinsley-sheridan #ignorance

They were close to the end of the beginning... ~Stephen King
#quotes #stephen-king #ending #beginning

What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
#quotes #sylvia-plath #children

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. ~Laozi
#quotes #laozi #meditation

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
#proverbs #vietnamese-proverbs #siblings

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #friendship #enmity

There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings

One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
#quotes #tim-burton #reality

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #anarchism #government

Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
#quotes #kate-winslet #life #trying

For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
#quotes #elizabeth-jennings #poetry #order

A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
#proverbs #kurdish-proverbs #travel

[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
#quotes #gary-d-schmidt #night

Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
#proverbs #eating

In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
#quotes #bobby-rahal #competition