Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.
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I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.
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It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style is very military influenced. The snare drum comes from the military and becomes the core kind of sound of jazz drums.
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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
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I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.
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My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone.
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Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person. That's the only way I can find an explanation for why 55,000 people would want to come see me sing.
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I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest.
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When you have a lot of women in our state that do wear the hijab, we should be able to see that everywhere.
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I, of course, was born as if I was a movie star in my head. Even though I had nothing, in my head I was always royalty. My mother always said, 'I don't know where you came from'. I didn't have their value system. And I always lived beyond my means.
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All white people in the United States have benefited from a white supremacy. But does that mean that a white person should be viewed badly because they turn against a white supremacist policy? Just because you've benefited from something shouldn't disable you from repudiating it.
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The rose is fairest when 't is budding new,And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable: it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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'He's quiet as well, especially if you stalk him.'
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..the function of art work is.. ..the renewal of memories of moments of perfection.
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I am a part of all that I have met.
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When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.
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I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.
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I'm an actress, I live in L.A., I work in Hollywood. But I've learned that if you're too skinny, they'll say something about it. If you're not skinny enough, they'll say something about it. I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.
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It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
