Mark Twain Quotes
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Quotes to Explore
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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.
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My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.
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I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago.
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If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
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I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
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The need to encourage entrepreneurship and ensure that young people have the opportunity to start new businesses is acute.
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It's important to experience as many parts of an organization as you can - because some day, you may have the chance to lead that organization.
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Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.
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Yachting may call to mind champagne flutes and seersucker, but danger and risk have always been a part of the America's Cup.
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I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.
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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
