Mark Twain Quotes
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.
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Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist.
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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
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There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.
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I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
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The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.
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The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.
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I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.
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I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
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When one goes to see Modern Times, for instance, one understands much more about socialism than listening to the man who was then head of the Socialist movement in Italy.
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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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Marriage I think For women Is the best of opiates. It kills the thoughts That think about the thoughts, It is the best of opiates. So said Maria. But too long in solitude she'd dwelt, And too long her thoughts had felt Their strength. So when the man drew near, Out popped her thoughts and covered him with fear. Poor Maria! Better that she had kept her thoughts on a chain, For now she's alone again and all in pain; She sighs for the man that went and the thoughts that stay To trouble her dreams by night and her dreams by day.
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
