Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.
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I don't have time to be negative.
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.
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I was eight years old when I knew I wanted to be an actress. I slowly started by getting into commercials, and then I was an extra on a TV show. And then the movies happened.
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For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.
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The ad in the paper said 'Big Sale. Last Week.' Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in.
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The moment of the print button for biology is nearing. Effectively, this could also mean that in a not-too-distant future, smart pharmacology will permit us to receive a continuous supply of antidepressants or neuroenhancers every time our dopamine level drops.
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People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
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My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.'
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I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
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I'm a huge 'Futurama' fan, so that's my closest sci-fi tendency.
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As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'.
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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
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My ideal man is faithful, honest, and a gentleman who knows how to treat women.
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But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.
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For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil.
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You realize you're alive while you're alive, and you better notice it then, because later, it's hard to see.
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If a girl is pretty she will be tempted.
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The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. The greatest directors of men are those who yield place to others. This is called the Virtue of not striving, the capacity for directing mankind; this is being the compeer of Heaven. It was the highest goal of the ancients.
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I didn't cook that much as a kid. My mother was cooking, and I was her helper. We made dishes together.
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In his owen grese I made him frie.
