Mark Twain Quotes
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Quotes to Explore
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.
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We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.
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I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.
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Balder holds up a completely blank rune. Wyrd. The beginning and the end. Fate. I don't know what that means, but it's not doing anything to uncreep me.
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You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
