Quotes with death-like

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  • Bruno Dumont For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Publilius Syrus Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Francis Bacon Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Douglas Jerrold Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • Joseph Heller Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
    Joseph Heller
    American author (1923 - 1999)
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  • Norman Cousins Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will.
    Norman Cousins
    American Editor, Humanitarian, Author (1915 - 1990)
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  • Terry Waite Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.
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  • Beth Grant Frequently over the years, people have thought that they know me. Every character actor has this story, I'm sure. It goes like this: 'Um, do you play soccer?' 'Did you go to such and such church?' 'I knew you when you were with so and so... ' Then I go, 'Well, sorry...' and then they say, 'Wait a minute. Are you an actor?'
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Beilby Porteus Friend to the wretch whom every friend forsakes, I woo thee, Death! Life and its joys I leave to those that prize them. Hear me, 0 gracious God! At Thy good time let Death approach; I reck not, let him but come in genuine form, not with Thy vengeance armed, too much for man to bear.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Carmen Sylva Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.
    Carmen Sylva
    Ps. van Elisabeth zu Wied, Queen of Romania (1843 - 1916)
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  • Samuel Butler Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Johnson Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ben Horowitz From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I like communism, but it is actually not a good solution. Nor is socialism. So, capitalism is the right model.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Nikola Tesla From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.
    Nikola Tesla
    Serbian-American inventor, engineer, physicist, and futurist (1856 - 1943)
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  • Bill Mumy From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice.
    Bill Mumy
    American actor and musician (1954 - )
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  • Brad Dourif Gee, I certainly hope I'm not a scary person in real life. It's not like people run from me when they see me. People are usually pretty nice when they meet me. If they're scared, they keep their shuddering to themselves.
    Brad Dourif
    American actor (1950 - )
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  • William Hazlitt General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not the less necessary because we neither see nor feel it.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Britt Ekland Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.
    Britt Ekland
    Swedish actress and singer (1942 - )
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  • Horace Mann Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
    Horace Mann
    American educator (1796 - 1859)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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