Christopher Rouse Quotes

My father always told me that story was first and foremost. We would watch not just his films but a lot of classic American films. My father was a great David Lean fan, and David Lean's one of my favorite directors. We would discuss films endlessly.

Christopher Rouse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1958

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My family is my life, and I'll never lose that.

Jessica Simpson

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We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.

Andrew Lansley

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I think that communism was a major force for violence for more than 100 years, because it was built into its ideology - that progress comes through class struggle, often violent.

Steven Pinker

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If you had a job, and every day you're going back home and telling all your friends how horrible your job is and how horrible your employer is, after a while, they're going to start believing you. And then at some point, they're going to start questioning you and say, 'Why, if it's so bad, are you doing it?'

Steve Scalise

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When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.

Tracy Austin

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I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.

Robbie Coltrane

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It was tough mentally at Chelsea, obviously not getting the game time. I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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Nothing real or truthful makes its way to TV unless you are smart and know how to sneak it in, and I would tell you how I did it, but then I would have to kill you.

Roseanne Barr

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There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

Jules Renard

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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

Jean Cocteau

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Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

Dorothea Dix

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I was 11 and watching soap operas with my mom, and I thought it would be cool to be an actor. I thought soap operas was going to be the dream at the time - it's obviously now not the dream, but I think soap operas are really cool. Maybe I'll go back to that.

Britt Robertson

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