Demosthenes Quotes
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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I love dressing up.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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World-building numbs the reader's ability to fulfill their part of the bargain because it believes that it has to do everything around here if anything is going to get done. Above all, world-building is not technically necessary. It is the great clomping foot of nerdism. It is the attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn't there.
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One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.
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Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.
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If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, 'What is bisexual? Does that even exist?'
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You must remember, once more, that expectations are the blocks with which you build your reality. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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Most everything that happens to me in any significant sense finds its way into my fiction.
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Driving a race car is like dancing with a chain saw.
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The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
