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Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is being imposed on them. I want the actors to feel that this is their own role, and that they can go back to point zero and develop this character.

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Themistocles

I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness. . . whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.

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He who commands the sea has command of everything.

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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

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I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.

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Strike, if you will, but listen.

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The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

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