Mark Twain Quotes
...when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.
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I never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just thought there was a recognition that they lived differently - they primarily lived on the other side of town. And we're both poor, but that's kind of it. There wasn't much explicit statement of kinship or of the lack of kinship.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house by a ship's rules.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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There's a lot of thought that bitcoin will be a huge threat to existing tax systems or existing ways governments have of controlling currency flows across their border. I personally think governments will do what governments have always done: they will adapt.
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In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It was a good moustache. Good times.
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I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or that appeals to them. Maybe something in your family or maybe something in your life that happened that really pushes you for a specific cause - as long as there is something that you're doing.
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Do you remember that kid that had sex with his high school teacher? I was reading online that he died today. He died from hi-fiveing.
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My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the power of love. I am going to see if I cannot make the bitter warders sweet by the intensity of the love I bear you. I have had moments when I thought it would be wise to separate. Ah! Moments of weakness and madness! Now I see that would have mutilated my life, ruined my art, broken the musical chords which make a perfect soul. Even covered with mud I shall praise you, from the deepest abysses I shall cry to you. In my solitude you will be with me.
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Exceptional performers are masterful opportunists, keenly alert to opportunity!
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...when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.
