Quintilian Quotes
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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Although it's the hub of the nervous system and the ultimate terminus of every nerve, the brain itself lacks enervation and therefore cannot feel pain.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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'When Marnie Was There' was the first animated film I've ever done.
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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured, why not shoot it, too? So they threw me into a dress that didn't fit, gave me lines I hadn't seen, in a dialect I didn't know, and two screaming, arching infants.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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I fantasised about F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' - I loved it, and then I read everything J. D. Salinger had to offer. Then I was turned on to Kerouac, and his spontaneous prose, his stream of consciousness way of writing. I admired him so much, and I romanticised so much about the '40s and '50s.
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My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.
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I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.
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Growing up, I would watch a movie on video and would go to the back of the VHS and locate the address for Universal Pictures or MGM or whatever. I'd write to the studios asking them if I could be in a movie. They never wrote me back.
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It's summertime and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Your daddy's rich and your mama's good -looking. Hush, little baby don't you cry.
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'I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman' 6
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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I love to laugh, and laughter is one of my favorite things. When you have a really good laugh, you feel great afterwards.
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It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.
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I'm Icelandic, from this small country where there was very limited access to fashion when I was growing up, and so, for me, it's really important to have a product that's relevant for this global customer.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
