Mark Twain Quotes
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
Quotes to Explore
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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I introduce her as the love of my life everywhere that we go. She introduces me as her current husband. So you can see how the relationship kinda works here.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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I can't imagine being mayor and not having had the experience working for President Clinton or President Obama, or, for that matter, working in Congress. On the other hand, I think I would have been a better adviser had I been mayor first. If I had had this job first, I could have seen the implications of things I was doing.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that.
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Hi, this is Ken. What's the root password?
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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I just loved the idea of writing for different personalities all the time.
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A drive to right! Back to Georgia! Gone! A grand slam! What a scene at Shea!
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Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
