Mark Twain Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a way. I pitched in and dug at my work until now I am where I am.
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Good material is good material.
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The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that heavy weight.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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If we were to inspect ourselves or members of our family and our friends, we would see that we don't really have to go all the way overseas to be mystified - we can be mystified right at home.
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A few honest men are better than numbers.
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Even as a kid I would find the one person whose attention I didn't have and I would zone in on that person. It became a challenge.
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You always admire what you really don't understand.
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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
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Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
