Ernest Hemingway Quotes
My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.' We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
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I couldn't go now to a brand that had a niche attitude like... gothic. I couldn't do that. Well, I could do it, but I wouldn't find it interesting, challenging.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
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Bling is good.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.
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The militia had the same equipment as the military to protect them against the tyrannical government. It's more important today than ever that we uphold our Second Amendment.
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Do you know what integration really means? It means intermarriage. That's the real point behind it. You can't have it without intermarriage. And that would result in disintegration of both races.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.
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Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
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And I spoke out on women's rights, like equal pay for equal work.
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I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.
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My mother had breast cancer when she was 39.
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I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.
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I think the way I approach things has something to do with growing up and seeing my parents go to work every day.
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I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I have to move.
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I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.
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My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.' We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.
