Mark Twain Quotes
I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.
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There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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Twitter has become a group conversation of that type that used to take place on trading floors.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Just because something is trendy doesn't mean it will suit you.
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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.
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I don't have a lot of time for managing [my businesses], so I put a lot of trust in people I hire to manage my businesses. I can't necessarily attend to [the businesses] while I'm in season. We swap ideas on how we can improve and deliver a better product.
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The six and one-fourth hours' television watching (the American average per day) which non-reading children do is what is called alpha-level learning. The mind needn't make any pictures since the pictures are provided, so the mind cuts current as low as it can.
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I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.
