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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#effectually #fear #mind #passion #powers

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#extinguished #heart #keeps #minds #moderation

We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate answer, in my opinion, is the fair tax, which is a fair tax for everybody, because as long as we still have this messed-up tax code, the politicians are going to use it to reward winners and losers. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #code #corporate #everybody #fair

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money. ↗

— Michael Caine

#here #i #just #money #much

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas. ↗

— Michael Caine

#comedy #dramas #every #get #got

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't. ↗

— Michael Caine

#conviction #done #end #firm #firm conviction

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition. ↗

— Michael Caine

#competition #forever #i #myself #person

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you. ↗

— Michael Caine

#acting #actor #assure #cinema #covering

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. ↗

— Michael Caine

#came #john #john wayne #low #most

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#end #even #gods #humanity #inflict