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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I want every Israeli child, secular and religious, to know about Moses, about Maimonides, about Yoni Netanyahu, about Hannah Senesh and S. Y. Agnon. I want every child to know how to read the Bible, and know how to make Kiddush.
Naftali Bennett
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What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool.
Isaac Hanson
Hanson
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I chose to deal with the underdogs on '1 Train.' I could've got the biggest superstars in the rap game, but why do that when you can let the young boys shine?
ASAP Rocky
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Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.
Richard Holbrooke
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It is not that I don't have a fear of sharks, it is that I have a respect for them, so that I know any more than if I were to go into the jungle, I would have a fear of tigers, that I would try to lower the odds.
Peter Benchley
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain