Mark Twain Quotes
When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Quotes to Explore
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I'm not a sun person.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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I hope my books make statements about our general condition.
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
