Mark Twain Quotes
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Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.
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I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration with the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which is 15 elementary schools in the Twin Cities.
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Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.
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I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.
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I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals.
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People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.
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When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
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I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible.
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I hardly look at myself in the mirror... I'll only wear makeup if I need to cover something up. But I've recently started caring about my skin. I just turned 60 and was like, 'OK, maybe it's time to start thinking about it.' Before that, I would just splash water on my face, put cream on, and then leave.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?
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Unfortunately we - and I'm speaking not for Latin America but for Mexico because that's where I come from - we still, I think, are a little bit macho. Not that we only live in a macho world, but we also think as a macho world; even the women, you know? The women in Mexico, because that's the way we were raised.
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
