Mark Twain Quotes
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
Quotes to Explore
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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Mr. Balanchine wanted me to be myself. He didn't want me to look like anyone else. I love teaching our company dancers the Balanchine ballets. I try to give them what was passed down to me and what I learned from him. They dance it so beautifully. It also keeps me close to Mr. Balanchine. He's with me every single day.
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I don't particularly get nervous about anything.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book, but it's not something that somebody who has never read a book before should be given as an example of why you'll really love to read, necessarily.
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The advice I tell students is to think about the big problems. I mean, work on anything you can work on where you can make progress. But always keep in mind the big problems.
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I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.
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If you've ever liked an artist or someone who then does something or is accused of something extremely corrupt, and your moral conscience won't allow you to accept that artist, the truth is then that creates a void in your life. Because then something you loved was taken from you.
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With the benefit of hindsight, had more care been taken, maybe this could have been avoided.
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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
