Part Quotes

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.

Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result.

I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it.

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people.

Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.

Of course, the psychological part, the tactics, is very important.

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.

I love getting attention, just like a child loves it, and it's never worn off. So when people say, oh the book signings go on, why would I shoo away someone who's giving me attention? What part of standing in line for 10 hours to say how much they love you is bad to you?

I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

We'll look to the fall and if there is a new president and a new Senate that's part of a Congress willing to change, that's the next step.

The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

I enjoy talking to young people, and talking to people about helping young people. That part is not a chore. It's pretty fun, and something I like to do because I think it's important.

I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony.

The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not?

They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it off."

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.

California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.

All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.

The receivers are an integral part of the passing game.

I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.