Mark Twain Quotes
Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.Mark Twain
Quotes to Explore
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
Jack Reynor -
I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.
Damian Loeb -
I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.
Aarti Sequeira -
It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
Safra A. Catz -
I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
Narendra Modi -
You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are around you and more experiences to pull from.
Zac Hanson Hanson
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I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
Wendy Davis -
I do believe anybody manufacturing products for healthcare cannot regard it truly as a 100 per cent business: it is business plus a humanitarian approach to society because you are saving lives. You are playing with people's lives.
Yusuf Hamied -
There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
Samuel Beckett -
Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
Jackie Speier -
It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
Federico Fellini
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There's a play that Chekhov wrote called 'Uncle Vanya,' and I when I was in school, I played Sonya, and sometimes people ask me if there was ever a role I could play again, that's definitely the role I would play again: Sonya in 'Uncle Vanya.'
Samira Wiley -
When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
F. Sionil Jose -
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.
H. G. Wells -
My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.
Warren Moon -
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the Constitution to strike down laws passed by the elected branches of government. If they are true to those principles, they should uphold rent control.
Adam Cohen -
In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes.
Andrew Solomon -
The dancer gradually introduces all that his art comprises.
Carlo Blasis -
He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.
Daniel Craig -
Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together.
Lois Frankel -
Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.
Mark Twain