Matthew Arnold Quotes
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I'm probably the most negative person around.
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I'm a fan of parchment and wood pulp.
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No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
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An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
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Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps.
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I wanted 'Hell or High Water' to feel like a road movie and an exciting, fun film - until it's not.
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I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.
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There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.
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I don't see Hollywood as the big enemy, because this is where the money is, and not all of the companies are doing studio movies. I'm not tempted to sell out. If I'm going to become well known, I want it to be for something I'm proud of.
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Let us leave behind the legacy of both colonization and communism, the tyranny of drug cartels, dictators and sham elections. A future of greater peace, security and democratic development is possible if we work together - not to maintain power, not to secure vested interest, but instead to advance the dreams of our citizens.
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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Teaching children to debate without teaching children to listen is divorce training.
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If states do not act according to principles of justice, the injustices they perpetrate will harm not just other states but ultimately also their own national interest.
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A little longer still, and Heaven awaits thee,And fills thy spirit with a great delight;Then our pale joys will seem a dream forgotten,Our Sun a darkness, and our Day a Night.
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The experience of using a Rolleiflex camera is very different than using a SLR.
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I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage.
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Almost any shark, three or four feet long, could kill a human being if it chose to do it. It could make you bleed to death. But they don't.
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When I do get married again, I'm just going to take time off.
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And we forget because we must and not because we will.
