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"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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"I know that I sound like the joker, but the joker is a great character."
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"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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"When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism..."
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"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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"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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"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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"It was a satisfying bravery, it never aroused antagonism."
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"There was a little girl And she had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead When she was good she was very very good When she was bad she was horrid."
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"I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision."
Decision
"The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact."
Being
"All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy."
Work
"I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging."
America
"I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way."
Time
"Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity."
Success
"I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die."
Eye
"Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge."
Knowledge
"I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations."
News
"People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't."
Time
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