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I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.
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I went to Montreal. My first gig went very badly. They just weren't laughing at anything. I found out they were a load of Christians, and it was a gig to raise money for a new church roof.
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I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.
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I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.
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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
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I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female president of the United States, while her husband holds the Bible and wears a silly pill box hat and matching coat.
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I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production.
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I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.
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I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
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I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
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I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
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I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.
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I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking.
War with Honour, Macmillan War Pamphlets, Issue 2 (1940)
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