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CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about police, principle, journalism, work, people

People usually think according to their inclinations, ...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation, people

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

Quote by Kenneth Peacock Tynan about actors, victims, bad luck, bad, work, world, good, good luck, people

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

Quote by Douglas Adams about wealth, man, nothing

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

Quote by John Adams about knowledge

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no...

Quote by John Adams about things, thinking, writing, hope, people, contentment

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on...

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about essential, thinking

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do...

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.

Quote by Aeschylus about opinion

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Quote by Aesop about lie, truth

It's understanding the intention of a composer that...

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.

Quote by Michael Bolton about intention

The music speaks to various ages. It makes the show a...

The music speaks to various ages. It makes the show a whole lot of fun.

Quote by Michael Bolton about music

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand...

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about nation, people

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Quote by Jane Austen

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

Quote by Orson Scott about contentment

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about humor, ideal

I realized if I was going to speak publicly as an actor, then I had a responsibility to talk not only about myself, but about things that I believed were being lied about.

Quote by Julie Christie about actors, being, things

I don't speak Portuguese, so of course I had to respond...

I don't speak Portuguese, so of course I had to respond to my director differently.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about actors, being

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the...

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Quote by Winston Churchill about word, old, olderness

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without...

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about action, things, contentment

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