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• The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.

  Constantin Stanislavski

  Direct Effect, Feelings, Mind

  Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “Building a Character”, p.208, A&C Black

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• I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.

  Jack Kemp

  Believe, School, Liberty

  "In His Own Words: Jack Kemp And The Issues", www.nytimes.com. August 11, 1996.

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• The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.

  Cathy Guisewite

  Shopping, People, Stories

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• I'm really still a child of the Forties. I still think about it a lot, about the repercussions of armed conflict. Until 1953 we had rationing. We couldn't buy meat, we couldn't buy pleasurable goods like cigarettes and sweets. I didn't starve - my family were lucky - but I knew what it was like standing in line waiting for foodstuffs.

  Eric Burdon

  Sweet, Children, Thinking

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• For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art.

  James Fenton

  Art, Vanity, Hands

  "An Introduction to English Poetry". Book by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2002.

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• The bad guy always gets the best scene and the best lines in the film, and they usually get the most days off.

  Richard Dreyfuss

  Guy, Days Off, Film

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• When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned.

  Lee Haney

  Mean, Guy, Littles

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• I can't go along with all that shit about having to give everything up. I'd always say to them in the clinic I'm still going to have a Guinness, I'm still going to have a glass of wine. They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

  Ronnie Wood

  Coffee, Cups, Drink

  "The do Ron Ron" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2001.

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• The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

  Gloria Estefan

  Fate, Opportunity, Years

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• Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

  Alberto Salazar

  Running, Past, Events

  Interview with Amby Burfoot, www.runnersworld.com. April 8, 2012.

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• I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a little bit more of a start and finish line.

  Jim Courier

  Sports, Thinking, Fans

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• I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere.

  Neil Young

  Thinking, President, Done

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• Right after Dynasty ended I had a facelift and laser surgery to get rid of lines around my eyes.

  Linda Evans

  Eye, Dynasty, Lasers

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• The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.

  Denis McDonough

  United States, Problem, Terrorism

  "Special Report's Contrasting Previews Of The King And Durbin Hearings On American Muslims" by Brian Powell, www.mediamatters.org. March 29, 2011.

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• I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

  Karen Kingsbury

  Writing, Triumph, Stories

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• I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.

  Adrien Brody

  Parent, Grew Up, Lots Of Money

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?

  Dennis Bergkamp

  Nice, Space, People

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• There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

  Ehud Barak

  Brave, Risk, Compromise

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• In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying.

  Jim Broadbent

  Character, Hollywood Films, Definitions

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• I love Kathy Griffin, I think she's brilliant, but for me, there is a line when I go OK, that's too much.

  Downtown Julie Brown

  Thinking, Too Much, Brilliant

  "Julie Brown Finds New "Vague Celebrities" to Poke Fun At". Interview with Robyn Ross, www.tvguide.com. November 16, 2010.

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• I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line.

  Ned Beatty

  Born, Masons, South

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• I played teen roles until high definition came out, and I could never understand it. I would go in for adult roles and be older than many of the people auditioning, but they'd cast the girl without a line on her face.

  Selma Blair

  Girl, People, Adults

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.

  Syd Barrett

  Writing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

  Ulrich Beck

  War, Normal, Dividing

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• I've done some things that have been quite interesting, but as grateful as I am for having been on 'Dynasty,' it was just so cheesy. That's half the reason it was so much fun for people to watch, but it's not so fun to have to say those lines.

  Billy Campbell

  Fun, Grateful, People

  "Billy Campbell Talks THE KILLING Season 2 and Fan Reaction to the Season 1 Finale". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 31, 2012.

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