Mark Twain Quotes
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.
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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability, not its most marketable asset.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time.
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Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: 'Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! We are together!' They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.
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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.
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If you can find the courage, if you have in your heart even the slightest bit of rebellion against injustice, maybe you can channel that and become a leader.
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
