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“I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.”

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Author:Samantha Morton

“Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.”

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Author:Andy Partridge

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity, as we all know.”

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Author:Mackenzie Phillips

“I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.”

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Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.”

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Author:Aimee Mann

“There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.”

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Author:Christine Lavin

“Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.”

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Author:Keegan-Michael Key

“There is a fine line between optimism and delusion. I cross it often.”

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Author:Hal Elrod

“It's sort of a fine line where you're dying to express it and then hoping no one really gets it that closely. But I'm pretty much over that. I'd really just like to be understood.”

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Author:J. Robbins

“Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.”

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Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“Line is so versatile - you can do a fine, tight, closely observed description or simply put a line around an idea - like a cartoonist.”

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Author:Stan Smith

“Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.”

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Author:Lady Gaga

“There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.”

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Author:Chris Botti

“Dreams last so long Even after you're gone I know you love me And soon you will see You were meant for me And I was meant for you Go about my business, I'm doing fine Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line Same old story, not much to say Hearts are broken every day I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead I try to tell myself it'll be all right I just shouldn't think anymore tonight”

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Author:Jewel

“If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .”

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Author:Nick Drake

“When I saw my first movie, I was fine, but I thought, "Oh, my heavens. It's not about just standing there on my mark and saying these lines. I need to actually act."”

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Author:Blake Lively

“There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama and melodrama, and it is this line between evoking genuine emotional power and being manipulative.”

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Author:Nicholas Sparks

“I think the American people have a generous instinct. They understand that we're a nation of immigrants. But if those folks are going to live in this country, they have to be put on a pathway to citizenship that involves them paying a fine, making sure that they are at the back of the line and not cutting in front of people who applied legally to come into the country.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open - to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas.”

“I just tend to admire people who go for what they believe in, like David Lynch for example, and just say what goes through their heads, and are not afraid of people not accepting them. I have no respect for people who deliberately try to be weird to attract attention, but if that's who you honestly are, you shouldn't try to "normalize yourself". It's a fine line.”

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Author:Alicia Witt

“Cat's are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we're trying always to win their love.”

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Author:George Takei

“A feller's glad to be a friend, Out fishin'. A helpin' hand he'll always lend, Out fishin' The brotherhood of rod and line An' sky an' stream is always fine; Men come real close to God's design, Out fishin'. A feller isn't plotting schemes, Out fishin'. He's only busy with his dreams, Out fishin' His livery is a coat of tan; His creed, to do the best he can; A feller's always mostly man Out fishin'.”

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Author:Edgar Guest

“Giving yourself over to the fine line of a human-like droid means that sometimes you make choices that don't make you feel good, as an actor, and you have to learn to embrace that. No actor will tell you that that's a good place to be.”

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Author:Michael Ealy

“Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a very fine poet, or else that it was written by someone who is not a poet at all. In the case of the former, the lines, the images, though they are inherent in each other, leap up and give one this shock of delight. In the case of the latter, they lie flat on the page, never having lived.”

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Author:Edith Sitwell

“Writers ... I think ... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.”

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Book:Those who ride the night winds

Source: Those who ride the night winds

“Entrepreneurs are all a little crazy. There is a fine line between an entrepreneur and a crazy person. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. An entrepreneur's dream is often a kind of madness, and it is almost as isolating. What differentiates the entrepreneur from the crazy person is that the former gets other people to believe in his vision.”

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Author:Anita Roddick

“There's a fine line between information and propaganda.”

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Author:Jenny Holzer

“It has been said that genius is only the power of making continuous effort. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. We are told that there is no failure, except in no longer trying - no defeat, except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose.”

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Author:Kate Smith

“The way you talk to your teammates and push them and the way you treat them is important. There is a fine line between trying to help your teammates and criticizing them. The toughest part for me is how to keep my teammates accountable but at the same time do it in a loving way that doesnt judge or condemn them. It's definitely been a struggle and I'm trying to learn how to lead consciously in a way that honors God.”

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Author:Jeremy Lin

“There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.”

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Author:Lynda Obst

“Theres a fine line between playing a dim-witted character and playing a cartoon.”

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Author:Steven Pasquale

“Without trying to get too self-indulgent, there's a fine line between making something that's soundtracky and cinematic, or making it sound like a bad 70s prog-rock record.”

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Author:Jason Reece

“Theres a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.”

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Author:Marv Albert

“The idea was to take fine art and put it into the location of the movie scripts. The script itself is collage - some of the lines come from actual movies and I've written others to make the text work with the found image. In this way, the details of old dead guys' paintings (from the collection of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, where this work will be exhibited in relation to the historical paintings) become illustrations of the movie scripts. I found this mélange of high art and Hollywood amusing.”

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Author:John Baldessari

“For anyone who has ever stood before a bathroom mirror and secretly thanked The Academy, a hilarious guide to becoming 'It' in an age where the line between fame and infamy is as fine as a Manolo Blahnik stiletto heel.”

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Author:Bonnie Fuller

“The emergence of Casual Fridays has created a fine line of fashion ion dos and donts.”

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Author:Michael Perlis

“What strikes me is that theres a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.”

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Author:Andrew Lloyd Webber

“The line between angry young woman and grumpy old lady is very fine.”

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Author:Judy Horacek

“The solution to staying on the right side of the fine line between using and abusing grace is repentance. The road to repentance is godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10). Godly sorrow is developed when we focus on the true nature of sin as an offense against God rather than something that makes us feel guilty.”

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Author:Jerry Bridges

“There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.”

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Author:Dan Harmon

“In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.”

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Author:Woody Harrelson

“What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.”

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Author:Ronnie Dunn

“There is a very fine line between love and nausea.”

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Author:James Earl Jones

“The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.”

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Author:Vera Wang

“I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.”

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Author:Davey Havok

“There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.”

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Author:Colin Hay

“Gamaun is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of a noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within; His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light.”

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Author:Bryan Procter

“There is a fine line in the Third World between half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe and half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe so they can throw you in jail.”

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Book:All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

“When I was doing drugs and alcohol, I thought I'll have a drink and a line of this and I'll smoke this. I didn't go, 'Then I'm going to go out and get drunk, come back strangle my wife and wake up in jail on charges of attempted murder,' but that's what happened. I'm not telling people what to do. If they can enjoy doing it and they get on with it and they can handle it fine, but don't involve me. I'm lucky to be alive; you're playing with Russian roulette.”

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Author:Ozzy Osbourne

“I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.”

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Author:Bob Dole

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