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"People debate over whether or not there is a literal Hell, in the literal sense often described as fire and eternal torture, which, to many, seems to be too harsh a punishment. If men really want to fear something, they should be fearing separation from God, the supposedly more comforting alternative to a literal Hell. For separation from the authorship of love, mercy, and goodness is the ultimate torture. If you think a literal Hell sounds too bad, you are very much underestimating the pain of being absolutely, wholly separated from the goodness while exposed to the reality of the holiness of God."

"Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops."

"Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any."

"The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way."
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"When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege."

"Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down."

"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

"Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence."

"Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again."

"I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life."
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