Mark Twain Quotes
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.
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My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night.
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I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.
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...next time you rake up those leaves realize you're about to jump into a pile of tree shit. 19.
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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El mal, débil, me agita; fuerte, me calma.
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In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
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It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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All generalizations are false, including this one.
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Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
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We have the best government that money can buy.
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No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
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Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts.
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Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.
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He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.
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His performance in the Rose Bowl was one for the ages. I'm glad I saw it in person and glad I have it on tape.
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For the record, my own loyalties are uncomplicated. I adore few humans more than I love books. I make no promises, but I do not expect to purchase a Kindle or a Nook or any of their offspring. I hope to keep bringing home bound paper books until my shelves snap from their weight, until there is no room in my apartment for a bed or a couch or another human being, until the floorboards collapse and my eyes blur to dim. But the book, bless it, is not a simple thing.
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Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
