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Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.


Harold Evans

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HAROLD MACMILLAN A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this...
HAROLD MACMILLAN My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel...
GALE HAROLD I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
GALE HAROLD You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally availa...
GALE HAROLD You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either.
GALE HAROLD Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. ...
GALE HAROLD My interests are not really with television, per se.
GALE HAROLD