Mark Twain Quotes
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
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.
Gary Ross
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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.
Salman Rushdie
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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.
Umera Ahmad
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
Laura Dern
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
Barbra Streisand
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
G. M. Trevelyan
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Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or despondent because your days aren't packed with wise and moral actions. But to get back up when you fail, to celebrate behaving like a human-however imperfectly-and fully embrace the pursuit that you've embarked on. (Hays translation)
Marcus Aurelius
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Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy.
Val Kilmer
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I love all kinds of music.
Boz Scaggs
The Steve Miller Band
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I think... as an actor, you never want to overspeak about something because, frankly, you want people to be excited about it but still have relatively low expectations so that people will feel better about it.
Nicholas D'Agosto
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
A. J. P. Taylor
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain