Publilius Syrus Quotes
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I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
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The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee enthusiast who managed to write a good document, and people believe this.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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The two endorsements I'm most proud of come from Isabel Wilkerson and Toni Morrison. The latter is the greatest American fiction writer of our time, and the former is on her way to being the greatest American nonfiction writer of our time.
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Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
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You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.
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There are great fans in Chicago. I think you'd rather have them recognize than not recognize you.
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I ain't here to tell nobody what's right or what's wrong.
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There's a clock ticking on the pregnancy thing, but not a clock ticking on adoption.
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If I hadn't become a photographer, I would have loved to become a doctor. I would have loved to have done something that actually helped people and changed their lives.
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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.
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If you get a colonoscopy, you should really insist they give you no drugs - then you do get to see what it's like to swim through your own intestines.
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You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.
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We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
