Everyman Quotes - Page 3

• Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.

  H. L. Mencken

  Life, True Love, First Love

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• Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

  Ron Fournier

  Greatness, People, Leader

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• Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  World, Helping, Mathematics

  "The Fractal Geometry of Nature". Book by Benoit Mandelbrot, 1982.

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• Much of the character of everyman may be read in his house.

  John Ruskin

  Character, House, Design

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• People are probably correct when they see me as the so-called Everyman. I'm attracted primarily to contemporary characters. I understand them and their frustrations.

  Jack Lemmon

  Character, Frustration, People

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• We're designed to be hunters and we're in a society of shopping. There's nothing to kill anymore, there's nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created.

  David Fincher

  Fighting, Shopping, Overcoming

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• I'm not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Those guys walk into a room and the room changes. I think there's something more... not average, but everyman about me.

  Matt Damon

  Thinking, Average, Guy

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• I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts. I've tended to play eccentrics. I've played a lot of villains, of course.

  Christopher Walken

  Play, Guy, Actors

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