“I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.”
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“I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.”
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“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
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“It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.”
“You can take your Jake Roberts and your Hulk Hogans and your Ultimate Warriors and a lot of these guys that were big names back then, but they never did anything for me. They never helped me...”
“Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.”
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“I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.”
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“....This is what sages, leaders, scientists, thinkers, and the brave souls of the past have done. They shifted and molded consciousness, actively transforming societies. They followed the im...”
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“My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?”
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“One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.”
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“I grew up in Shropshire, but I was born in Wales. There was a hospital seven miles away, but my dad drove 45 miles over the Welsh border so I could play rugby for Wales. But as a skinny asth...”
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“Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's because I don't have clarity. This lack of clarity often arises from a feeling of ambivalence - I want...”
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“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be...”
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“Wings are like dreams. Before each flight, a bird takes a small jump, a leap of faith, believing that its wings will work. That jump can only be made with rock solid feet.”
“Words are things, but things which mean. We cannot do away with meaning without doing away with signs, that is, with language itself. Moreover, we would have to do away with the universe. Al...”
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“I like it when two sounds complement each other but are way different on a record.”
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“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”
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“AI works really well when you couple AI in a raisin bread model. AI is the raisins, but you wrap it in a good user interface and product design, and that's the bread. If you think about rais...”
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“The reggae fraternity is a small fraternity.”
“You can't really be one-dimensional in this fight game. If you are, you're going to get knocked out or you're going to get finished. Either that, or you're just going to take a lot of damage...”
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“The violations of these diesel motors by our company go against everything that Volkswagen stands for... at this time, I don't yet have the answers to all the questions. I'm utterly sorry th...”
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“On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.”
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“My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.”
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“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.”
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“'On demand' is more than just a series of clicks on your still-too-complicated remote control. In fact, it is now the best way to describe what the cable industry - from programmers to conte...”
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“I support Real Madrid. I'm a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.”
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“Animals are a gift from above for they truly define the words unconditional love.”
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“I'm quite simple, really. I like to play and inhabit my character. I really like to inhabit the situation. It's the situation that intrigues me.”
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“Where is the meaning in Love? The meaning only comes when another Individual reciprocates similar actions of love. One sided love is entirely meaningless and waste of energy and time. This h...”
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“Eric Gordon is a great scorer.”
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“I was born in the '50s - 1951. So I grew up during that part of the '50s when everything was supposed to be at its best in America, they claimed, and then eased into the '60s.”
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“If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide, By self-example mayst thou be denied.”
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“I start with the history, and I ask myself, 'What are the great turning points? What are the big dramatic scenes that are essential to telling the story?'”
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“It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.”
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“I think we have a sin problem in the world. It's so easy to say we have a race problem, but we got a sin problem.”
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“That fist he was raising at me would wham into the cupboard door, hurting only himself. I saw it all happening, then it really did happen. But I didn't understand the whore thing. Why was he...”
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“Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.”
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“Bravely going out into the world and trying, yet still deep down believing you're ruled by your past circumstances, is like forgiving someone but still hoping they sit in something wet.”
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“Dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow. It's like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop, and music is like the fertilizer for that.”
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“I didn't know how many independent bookstores had amazing wine lists until I toured with 'Another Brooklyn.'”
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“I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.”
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“What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.”
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“People don't tend to hassle me because when I've got a hat on, I look like a banker. I'm just a plain guy.”
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“I'm a flirt by nature, and I like flirting with that line of what's passable and what's not, and I genuinely don't believe that I cross it.”
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“With Fresh Healthy Vending growing by the day, my role is ever-evolving, just as the company is, and I intend to take on any necessary responsibilities in order to make a positive impact and...”
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“The best way to renew thought is to go outside the human imagination.”
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“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”
“Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.”
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“The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.”
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