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"Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s."
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"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."
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"No one can do the learning for you."
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"Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice."
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"Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life-the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within it-can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances."
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"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."
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"Nobody knows it all. You must keep learning."
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"Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads."
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"Never assume you know it all. Ask questions."
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"Intellectuals are too sentimental for me."
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"Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect."
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"I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about."
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"Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17."
Age

"The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me."
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"Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another."
Strangers

"My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture."
Architecture

"If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water."
Time

"If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong."
Work

"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."
Work

"I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom."
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"In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple."
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