Michael Arlen Quotes
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Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.
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The colonial period has been the proving ground in America for the new social history, which concentrates on the ordinary doings of ordinary people rather than on high culture and high politics. Unfortunately ordinary people, almost by definition, leave behind only faint traces of their existence.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
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Basically, as soon as I saw that there was a role available on '24,' I jumped at it, and then when I sat down and talked to them, it seemed to get more interesting and more fun.
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Ultimately, taste is so niche and so personal.
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A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
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I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.
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Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe it, ask your mom!
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The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.
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I spent over 10 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, serving overseas, serving in the Middle East. And let me tell you, if you're a terrorist and you want to come to the United States, the worst possible way to do it is as a refugee. You'll go through a year and a half to two years of vetting.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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We've practiced loving long enough, let's come at last to hate.
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You're pretending this isn't your life. You think it's going to happen some other time. When you're dead you'll realise you were alive now.
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She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.
