Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
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Sometimes when people start dating a hot piece, they take on some of their boo's characteristics unintentionally.
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State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
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Our definition of VIP is not as big as in Macau. But for us, they are VIPs even if they don't spend a lot because we are very hospitable here.
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And who knew? That an unlettered man from the middle of the desert, Would change the whole world from darkness into heaven You may have every title, every big shot degree, But you still can't explain: Alif-Laam-Meem
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Everybody I run into goes, 'Hey, 'Best in Show!'' Or, 'Hey, that dog movie!' which I don't mind because I'm not too good on titles.
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By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
