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When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.

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• A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.

  

  Fannie Hurst
  • Good
  • Man
  • Woman

• I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Play

• You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'

  

  Adam McKay
  • Great
  • Think
  • Movies

• There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • People
  • Done
  • Couple

• Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Job
  • Guy
  • Always

• To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • History
  • Hope
  • Future

• There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Good
  • Best
  • Dark

• I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a mere roomful, of poetry lovers in the audience.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Music
  • Passion
  • Poetry

• I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Know
  • Need
  • Wait

• I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.

  

  Maggie Q
  • People
  • Hurt
  • Box

• Having created a business that is a success, when you are in a nepotistic situation, people who don't do anything themselves, well, it is easy for them to say it's never good enough.

  

  Vikram Chatwal
  • People
  • Good
  • Business

• I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • I Love
  • Guys
  • Favorite

• I want to be Kanye and do what he does musically. I'm very fearless.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Want
  • Very
  • Fearless

• I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Life
  • Ambition
  • Journalism

• When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Work
  • Home
  • Business

• Global warming is a fact. Now it's up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Good
  • Free

• I've always wanted to be on an original cast recording. I grew up listening to them, and now to know that my voice is heard on three or four of them is just surreal. I never thought I would be that person.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Up
  • Listening
  • Thought

• I could work 24 hours and I wouldn't complain once because I'm happiest when I'm working.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Work
  • Working
  • Complain

• I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Done
  • She
  • Man

• Something's bound to happen to you in a tough fight: cut eye, broken nose or broken hand or something like that. So you could make excuses out of anything, you know, but you got to keep on going if you're a champ or you're a contender.

  

  Jake LaMotta
  • Hand
  • Broken
  • Excuses

• Save the elephants, and then you save the forest - and then you save yourself.

  

  Mark Shand
  • Forest

• I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Great
  • English

• When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.

  

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