Mark Twain Quotes
We are always anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
Quotes to Explore
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
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If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
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I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work.
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The sad fact is that it would be fair to say that United is a generic, bureaucratic, tired company. A sort of DMV in the sky. No real culture. No real strategy. No real expectations for employees or customers. All of which is a shame.
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If anything, game development is even more of a team effort than making a movie, so for individuals to get credit for making a game is absolutely insane.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.
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One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.
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Any radical change or trauma always makes for interesting subject matter, but then all stories deal, to some extent, with the disjuncture between past and present.
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You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just weren't what they were looking for.
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Of course, it's a dream to go to Mars. I want to find out whether there was life there or not. And if there was, then why did it die out? What sort of catastrophe happened?
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I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.
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I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.
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With His love, you can wake up every day with an attitude of faith and expectancy.
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God gives everyone the same amount of talent. It's just up to you to korek (dig).
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I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.
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Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.
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But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.
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We are always anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
