Charles Van Doren Quotes
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I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.
Adam Levine
Maroon 5
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
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I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear.
Harpo Marx
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I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.
Laura Linney
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I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in 'Sisters Rosensweig,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' all of that stuff. So we're very familiar with America. I did 400 performances of 'Born Yesterday.' I did 700 performances of 'They're Playing Our Song.'
Jacki Weaver
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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Abraham Lincoln
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People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.
Anna Quindlen
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When you do something moral and upright and wander off by yourself, well, everyone doesn't always follow you, do they, right? You pat yourself on your sanctimonious back but it doesn't mean the crowd rewards you for doing what you think is right.
Amity Shlaes
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I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful of water thrown upon a rat already drowned would contribute to his death; and that the present plentiful harvest, although it should be followed by a dozen ensuing, would no more restore us, than it would the rat aforesaid to put him near the fire, which might indeed warm his fur-coat, but never bring him back to life.
Jonathan Swift
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Breaking a cardinal rule of spy craft, I actually let it be known that I wanted to work for the CIA.
James Luceno
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I never wanted to see another quiz show.
Charles Van Doren