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I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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The words contained in it were inspired by the Holy Spirit into the minds of faithful men, called Prophets and Seers in the Old Testament; and Evangelists and Apostles in the New.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.
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I try to tell a story that's good enough to win the right to integrate eternal themes into it. If it's poorly written or comes across as a sermon, then obviously you don't reach people, because they're aware that you're imposing something on a story that isn't innate to it.
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Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness occurs.
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How can one know anything at all about people?
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I think the working-class part of me comes out. Sometimes the people who have the loudest mouths are upper-class, upper-middle-class. The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.
