James Thurber Quotes
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.
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My mother read me biblical stories at night.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
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I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat more. It feels more 'done' when your hair is up.
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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
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Obviously comedic styles do change.
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The money that bin Laden inherited was about 20 million dollars over the course of many years, not the much larger sums some have suggested. In 1994, his family cut him off.
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When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side.
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Apples, grapes... any kind of fruit gives me the energy I need to get through my busy day.
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A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.
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If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.
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I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.
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I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.'
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Le coeur a ses raisons, Mrs. Bence, que la raison ne connait pas.