Jean Paul Quotes
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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'It Girl' is supposed to be something that only lasts a certain amount of time. They keep calling me an 'It Girl,' and at this point it makes me laugh, because I've done that so many times: 'You're it;' 'You're not it.' What is 'it?'
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This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.
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The one thing that shaped my life was when I was 15 or 16: I knew I wanted to be a journalist. And not just a journalist, but a journalist in the Middle East, and to go back to the Arab world and try to understand what it meant to be Lebanese.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.
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I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe.
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Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
