Henry Walter Bates Quotes

The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.

Henry Walter Bates

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My acting has always been in the world of comedy, but in my writing, other than writing sketches, I really am drawn to the balance between comedy and drama. I like things that sort of toe that line of one minute you're in this emotional space and then all of the sudden something happens.

Jim Rash

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The better I get at writing songs, the harder it seems to be to relate to people. But when I get on stage, I'm extremely happy.

John Darnielle

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We need to band together in solidarity. There's so many portions of our community that are under-represented. You rarely see disabled actors on movie posters or black men or Latino guys.

Andrea Riseborough

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If you're doing black music, you should have a core understanding of where that comes from, and the fundamentals - so you're not some bozo thinking you're doing something new.

Anderson Paak

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I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.

Robert Sheckley

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I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

Matthew Vaughn

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I think if something's emotionally real - and I'm not even talking about in movies or in art, but in life - you can't really argue with that, even if your intellectual mind might know differently.

Spike Jonze

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Me and my son got pictures on the Batmobile. I'm a big kid.

Jason Momoa

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I don't walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way.

Colin Hay

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I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

Brad Paisley

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The undevout astronomer must be mad.

William Herschel

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A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

Willie Nelson

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