Mark Twain Quotes
If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.
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One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl!
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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I didn't send back any of the royalty checks.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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Every actor wants to, in our own sort of weird sort of way, we really want to push ourselves and test ourselves.
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While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
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People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.
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I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that won't be recorded for six months. You have to get it down when you can, because thoughts are fluid.
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Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.
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I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic.
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For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
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If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
