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"What do I want to do? Acting wise? Well, there's a western that I want to do. There's a lot of producing that I want to do, projects that I have stacked up that are in my office that I'd like to get done."
"Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend"
"I feel more comfortable confidence-wise. You get to the NHL, and you're nervous about trying things. With experience, you're not as afraid of being creative."
"Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce."
"No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed."
"How we feel is how we want to be heard."
"I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit."
"Our greatest stupidities may be very wise."
"There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill."
"The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends ."
"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."
"In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments."
"I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my behavior - I wasn't evil. The lifestyle I had was one that lent itself to becoming more and more self-involved."
"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth"
"The good want power, but to weep barren tears. The powerful goodness want: worse need for them. The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom."
"I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good."
"Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for."
"Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities."
"Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words."
"Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall."
