And this film was not meant to be a political diatribe. Hopefully it's balanced, for people to make up their own minds.
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JACK NICKLAUS To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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RAYMOND FLOYD Life is meant to be enjoyed, not just endured.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY I'm a strong believer in 'everything is meant to be for a reason.'
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HERB BROOKS What's meant to be will always find a way.
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OZZY OSBOURNE A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.
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EDDIE HUANG I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it.
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VANESSA KERRY The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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And he vows his passion is
Infi...
DOROTHY PARKER Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn, the word
DOROTHY PARKER They laid their hands upon my head,
They stroked my cheek and brow;
And time could heal a hu...
DOROTHY PARKER Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.
THEODORE PARKER Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
DOROTHY PARKER Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
DOROTHY PARKER I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back ...
DOROTHY PARKER Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
DOROTHY PARKER I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
DOROTHY PARKER Where's the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown?
DOROTHY PARKER