Lyle Kessler Quotes

I was born in Philadelphia, and I've tried to escape that city all my life. I end up writing plays that force me back to Philadelphia, at least psychologically if not physically.

Lyle Kessler

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Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I'm definitely interested in.

Joe Kennedy III

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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

John Adams

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There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining, you know. I try to use them generously in my films.

John Cassavetes

LifeFunYouEmotionsSeriousKnow

In Germany, people feel like they own classical music, that it is somehow theirs. Over there, everyone still learns to play, and the great composers don't seem alien.

Max Richter

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Our ambition isn't just to be big, it's to be listened to and supported by people. And to have the success - if we deserve it, of course.

Stromae

SuccessPeopleAmbitionDeserveBig

Former soldiers will almost always gravitate to the anti-war party. This happens for obvious reasons. The men who have been in battle tend not to romanticize it and tend not to take it flippantly.

Rod Lurie

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Generally, I move in the direction of art.

Michael Keaton

ArtDirectionMoveGenerally

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.

Lord Byron

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I am careful with what I eat because that's my job. If I had to plump up for a role, I would do it.

Dilshad Vadsaria

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As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.

Dita Von Teese

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I keep vampire hours, going to bed at 2 A.M. and waking up at about 10:30-11 A.M.

Douglas Coupland

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A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.

Ciputra

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