Don Marquis Quotes
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.
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My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.
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America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world.
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Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
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It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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I have to find work wherever it might be hiding.
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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
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Don't fight forces, use them.
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The cup of life is not so shallow That we have drained the best That all the wine at once we swallow And lees make all the rest.
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To say that his conscience was clear would be inaccurate, for he did not have a conscience, but he had what was much better, an alibi...
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'...reality’s always dull, you know...'
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Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.
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I cannot control what the Republicans leak and what they are contending.
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An irrational fear should never be simply let alone, but should be gradually overcome by familiarity with its fainter forms.
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All in the waning light she stood, The star of perfect womanhood.
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I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.
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There's so much to be thankful for. Just look around.
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I'm a big fan of independent girls who are strong-willed, vocal in their opinions, and have a sense of humor.
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To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.
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A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.
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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.
