Mark Twain Quotes
To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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I want to read a lot of comic books. I want to watch movies. I want to rest.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.
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A major driver of the cost of healthcare in the United States is a compromise that was reached with the American Medical Association in the 1960s when Medicare was first established.
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We've been trying to open the gates of communication between Havana and Miami through art, which is apolitical most of the time: It doesn't have anything to do with politics and is only an exchange of ideas.
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I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women.
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I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.
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To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct.
