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I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a

good story that's a challenge, whether it's big or small. Or that it finds me. I don't have like a career plan. Maybe I should, but I don't. Viggo Mortensen Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion. Bill Condon Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him? Brigham Young Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of. Roger Mudd I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. Stephen Leacock How is an error possible in mathematics? Henri Poincare We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts? Mahatma Gandhi
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In the post-9/11 world you cannot give him the benefit of the doubt. As a

result of our going into Iraq, not only is Saddam Hussein gone, but Qaddafi has given up his weapons of mass destruction and tremendous progress is being made in Iraq. Peter T. King I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids. Robert Lansing If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each. Princess Diana 30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me. Gig Young A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective. Russell M. Nelson If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last. Naguib Mahfouz There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history. Frank B. Kellogg
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We are moving toward a global economy. One way of approaching that is to pull

the covers over your head. Another is to say: It may be more complicated - but that's the world I am going to live in, I might as well be good at it. Phil Condit You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president. James Baker I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. Mary Shelley I always liked the smell of a smoke-filled room. I think it's a good smell. Dennis Franz If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find. John Churton Collins The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life. Benjamin Bratt We must see our present fight right through to the very end. Bobby Sands
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It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start

getting little bites, then more, then you hook a few, then more. Then you can start reeling them in and that's a loveliest feeling - the whole audience laughing with you. Jim Dale Talk politics, talk about study and talk positively. Jiang Zemin It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. M. Russell Ballard The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him. Jimmy Breslin Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. Frederick William Robertson Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. Roger von Oech I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard. Josh Lucas
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I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do.

I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try. Nikki Giovanni Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating. Laurel Lea I waged war against my feelings. John James Audubon It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. Ovid In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. Russell Lynes The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing. Aleister Crowley To do no evil is good, to intend none better. Claudius
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It's the unusual leading man. Most of the Hollywood leading men are powerful and capable

and strong, heroes. He has this vulnerability, he's fragile, he struggles to find a way to live from day to day that we can identify with, that we can understand. Mark Rydell It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate. Peter Krause It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. Franklin D. Roosevelt Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science. Wanda Sykes In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way. Havelock Ellis Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Pearl S. Buck Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity. Richard L. Evans
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand

in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!' Geena Davis Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. Edwin Hubbel Chapin You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization. Denis Waitley And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself. Murray Walker There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure. Alfred Adler All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. Orison Swett Marden Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life. David Allan Coe
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My Cape women are generally true to type - big hearted, motherly women who love

the sea. My other characters, with the exception of the Portuguese, who I occasionally mention as Cape dwellers, are obviously drawn from the city types one sees in everyday life. Joseph C. Lincoln Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing. Michael N. Castle The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism. Ezra Pound I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy. Thayer David I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. Ben Okri The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships. Peter S. Beagle Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. Eric Sevareid
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Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It

is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. John F. Kennedy You understand, of course, that I can only get you access. Edward Bennett Williams Every day you learn something new. Dennis Brown The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Khalil Gibran When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' Lao Tzu Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem. John Lennon Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know. Mark Oliphant
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In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been

instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education. Russell Means There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny. Tom Ford All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Calvin Coolidge Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet. Joanna Russ The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it. Minna Antrim On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way. A. Bartlett Giamatti In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels. George Stephen
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I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I

think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture. Peter Singer Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. Thomas Jefferson A huge change has taken place in my lifetime. Michael King Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism. Daniel Bell Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled. Kenneth Lay Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. Jimmy Durante People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier. Mary Wesley
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many

men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. Charles Spurgeon In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. Thomas Carlyle You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up. Chuck Yeager There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working. Robert Half The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. Bill Frist And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs. Beau Bridges I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with. Jeremy London
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Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to

work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in Congress to secure the necessary funding to maintain full service. Jerry Costello An angel of God never has wings. Joseph Smith, Jr. Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect. Thomas S. Monson There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray. Cotton Mather It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action. Edward Livingston We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. George Eliot But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest. John Gay[EXTRACT]Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in Congress to secure the necessary funding to maintain full service. Jerry Costello An angel of God never h...
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Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and

it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath. Lewis Thomas It's very easy to learn. And very difficult to master. Sonny Terry There can be economy only where there is efficiency. Benjamin Disraeli Something is always simple until you try it. Craig Bruce You have to make difficult choices in your life, and you just have to be happy with them. Lori Loughlin You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move. Patricia Velasquez A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better. Norman Ralph Augustine
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It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go

on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality above idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their direction, and he awakens them. Robert Musil Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy. Carlos Mesa Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed. Theodor Adorno I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also. Theodore Roosevelt I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back. Peter Mandelson You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. Peggy Noonan If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Whatever sex. Liv Ullmann
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I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out

on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards. Suzy Bogguss Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. William Shakespeare To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing. John James Audubon As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. Louise L. Hay We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism. Huey Newton Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape. Frank Moore Colby
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'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the

strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie. Chris Weitz If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it. Martina Navratilova I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night. Rick Danko You sort of have to become what you're wearing. Pharrell Williams I believe in status symbols. Brooks Stevens The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road. Laura Ingalls W...
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'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all

students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms. Dianne Feinstein You couldn't have done this without killing an Arab prince. Michael Scheuer I'm a horrible public speaker. Bill Condon Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil. Charles Simmons The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets. Wayne Dyer It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. Lucretius How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it. George Murphy
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That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't

tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me. Kelly Lynch I haven't spoken English with native speakers in several months. I've been speaking Arabic. John Walker Lindh Today you can't go by the titles of the shows to know what the content of the show may be. Donna Douglas It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in. Friedrich Schiller We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. Willie Nelson We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny. James H. Douglas, Jr. It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find. Gerald F. Lieberman
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I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to

rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to a newer model where people give money but also their time and their skills, whatever they have, to the causes that are personally meaningful to them well before the crisis moment presents itself. Chris Hughes At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. Yannick Noah Soldiers of the American Revolution fought that 18th century war with heavy muskets. In the early 20th century, we kids fought it every Fourth of July not only with exploding powder and shimmering flares, but with all of our senses. Paul Engle Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud. Russell Brand You don't have to invent the wheel, but you might want to be the company that invents the rims. MC Hammer The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. William Cobbett Men need to live and breathe women. Adam Levine I am a lover ...
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We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its

fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny. Mohammed Omar Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show. Major Taylor Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile. Timothy McVeigh I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. Napoleon Bonaparte There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician. Daniel Bernoulli If they tell the police, the police will find out she was driving, and her career will be put into hell. Nicholas Mosley The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hang...
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The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax

was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. Alan Keyes In the time honored tradition of email, just ignore the question. John Dobbin The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study. Kenneth L. Pike All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. Thomas Aquinas Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. Wayne Dyer A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. W. H. Auden I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. Sigmund Freud
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed

to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition. Ted Nugent We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion. Farley Mowat Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers. Max Muller Honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas. Gabriel Macht First fight. Then fiddle. Gwendolyn Brooks I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation. Lech Walesa I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood. Zoe Tapper When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive. Henry Rollins Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore. Alan Bennett Everything about mediocrity...
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It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than

they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters. Alice Hamilton What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? Jackie Kennedy In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. Charles Baudelaire In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent. George Canning Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost. Evelyn Waugh Life is ten percent what happens to yo...
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I probably haven't even seen ten of the films I've done. I don't get a

joy out of it, and I don't go to the movies. Robert Sean Leonard I can't switch time zones any more. London is one of my favourite places, but I'm always so zonked that I can't appreciate it. It's like a six-inch sheet of glass between me and Charing Cross Road. Douglas Coupland My job is to let everybody know what I stand for and to let my light shine. I want to show others the way I live so that hopefully they follow. I can also tell about my experiences as a Christian so that I may help bring others to Christ. LaDainian Tomlinson Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value. Ice T If we admit it or not, skiing is a little bit of show biz. Willy Bogner, Jr. The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes. Amy Grant Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I though...
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