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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."
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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."
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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."
Acting
"I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base."
People
"Acting is what happens on the way."
Acting
"Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on."
Courage
"I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me."
Work
"There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop."
Audience
"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."
Famous
"I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative."
Time
"When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll."
Mother
"I want my life to effect the balance to the positive."
Life
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