Mark Twain Quotes

The self-taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers;

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• I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
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• It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

  

  Yael Stone
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• I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.

  

  Queen Latifah
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• I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
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• I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.

  

  Kate Winslet
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• Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.

  

  Obie Trice
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• I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.

  

  Larry King
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• I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.

  

  Maggie Smith
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• I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

  

  E. B. White
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• Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
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• Know or listen to those who know.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
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• I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.

  

  Wayne Rooney
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• I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
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• I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

  

  Edith Evans
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• If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• Having spent two years at AOL, I would love to be able to go back to that industry knowing what I know, and I think I would be able to help the traditional media side to better understand what is coming at them, how to deal with it.

  

  Randy Falco
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• I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.

  

  Adam Grant
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• I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.

  

  Oliver North
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• I know that I have a special stomach.

  

  Takeru Kobayashi
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• Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

  

  Faye Dunaway
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• I know that Donald Trump is a smart man.

  

  Omari Hardwick
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• Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

  

  Dale Carnegie
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  • Picture

• In some ways, Trump's large, national coalition defies easy characterization. He draws from a broad base of good people: kind folks who open their homes and hearts to people of all colors and creeds, married couples with happy homes and families who live nearby, public servants who put their lives on the line to fight fires in their communities.

  

  J. D. Vance
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• The self-taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers;

  

  Mark Twain
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