Mark Twain Quotes
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I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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That's when I hit the ground. So in the instant that that round landed and blew me in the air, I had those separate and distinct thoughts. The guy who was standing right next to where I had been standing had a hole in his back I could put my fist into.
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I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.
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Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.
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I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.
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It's quite an obscure notion for a kid, no? To want to be a curator. But even then, I knew that I would do this.
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Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty.
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I used to be absolutely addicted to the gym and I do still love it.
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The artist dreams of works of real breadth; but, limited by his personality and the nature of his medium, limited by inner disturbances and loss of purpose, he often works more narrowly than he'd intended.
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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
