#pro

I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

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Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#always #exceptions #harbinger #new #old

I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to get those out of the paper or from television. So they wouldn't have had my quote opening day. ↗

— Roger Ebert

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I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. ↗

— Roger Ebert

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Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey. ↗

— Charles Edison

#devote #foundation #fundamental #fundamental purpose #i

I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it will demonstrate a high capacity for civil service. ↗

— Charles Edison

#after #am #bickering #capacity #civil

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership. ↗

— Charles Edison

#democracy #leadership #must #our #poses

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#always #being #being busy #busy #does

I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for years, and I was invited to opening night because I know one of the producers. ↗

— John Edward

#been #david #fan #heart #his

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view? ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#approach #how #human #human world #singularity