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In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
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By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract.
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Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.
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Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).
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Most of my interviews have been with millennials, and it's been a fascinating window into my kids' world. It's been so wonderful to see a generation that seems so savvy in so many ways - and so much cooler than we were.
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Religion is a mixed blessing.
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As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too.
