Mark Twain Quotes
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Quotes to Explore
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America.
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Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
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Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.
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The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
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You can't get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.
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Latin men are the most passionate men in the world - they may not be the most aggressive, but they are very passionate, very romantic.
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When you've opened your heart to a child as you have to, there's always the fear that you may discover that the child is not viable. Losing that child is not a position you want to find yourself in.
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
