Mark Twain Quotes
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man.
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I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.
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In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do.
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A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
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I can't not be who I am.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.
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I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.
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When little things are so important, it's because there aren't any big ones.
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I'm a workaholic, I always try to fill my time with projects.
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To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.
