Mark Twain Quotes
It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.
Quotes to Explore
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If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.
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Everyone may have some advise for the RBI. Some may advise, 'Cut your lending rates and raise the deposit rate.' How will a bank function? We take a medium term view. The bank has an 80-year-old history. I don't want to destroy it for a few decisions.
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White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.
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One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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I have done theatre, and I enjoy the process of smaller films a lot more. When I do such films, there are certain things which I get to do which are untapped. The scenes give me the liberty to play and mould the character in accordance to the director's mindset.
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I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
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Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.
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The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow.
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The doctrine of preemption has a long and distinguished history in the history of American foreign policy.
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I hate to kind of lay it on Danny, ... but it's Danny's deal, and I'm going to support him any way I can.
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If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.
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In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonymously.
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Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
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It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.
