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Ray Harryhausen

"I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they're just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided."

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"I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they're just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided."

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Amber Hurdle

"You are mistaken, he is not a gentleman but a sir. Just a sir. For a gentleman is grander and a rare acquaintance."

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"I do not think I have ever seen a nastier-looking man... Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist. [on Brit poet Percy Wyndham Lewis]"

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Amber Hurdle

"I know that I sound like the joker, but the joker is a great character."

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Amber Hurdle

"The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear."

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Amber Hurdle

"Altogether he was one in whom no man would have seen anything to admire, and in whom no woman would have seen anything to dislike."

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Amber Hurdle

"When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism..."

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Amber Hurdle

"Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending."

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Amber Hurdle

"Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die."

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Amber Hurdle

"The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes."

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Amber Hurdle

"It was a satisfying bravery, it never aroused antagonism."

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"That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people."
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