Mark Twain Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
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You are only as good as the people you dress.
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The business side of real estate investing is fraught with risk. Unlike purchasing mutual funds or savings bonds, with real estate, you can lose money; this is one of the reasons that seasoned real estate investors caution neophytes never to get too emotional about a property and always be willing to walk away.
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The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.
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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
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I would tell the young Francesco Totti to repeat everything that the older Totti did - if he's able to!
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You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives.
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Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.
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Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.
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I've always loved small business.
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Writing books that people want to read is helpful - my most successful book is my only police procedural, a very popular subgenre of the very popular crime fiction genre.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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Finally, I'm recognizing that rewrites aren't some cosmic punishment for childhood wrongs but the nature of the business.
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Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.
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A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.
