"The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level."

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"The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level."

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"The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat."

C. J. Cherryh, American Writer

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"Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard."

John Webster, English Playwright

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"The devil made me do it."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

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"Talk of the devil, and his horns appear."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

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"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

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"The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil."

Branch Rickey, American Athlete

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"The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth."

William Gurnall, English Author

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"If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off."

People, Priorities

"Russell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards."

Worth,

"But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is."

People, Being, Film, Literary

"Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance."

Performance, Devil

"The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself."

Music, Attention, Job, Sense

"When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again."

Film,

"But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented."

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"You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work."

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"And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world."

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"It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego."

Choice, Choices, Ego, Fighting