Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it.
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If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.
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I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
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Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud if you did help people and disappointed if you didn't.
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I rely on my iPad for on-the-go entertainment. I stock it with TV shows, like 'Parks and Recreation' and the British version of 'The Office.' I'm reading a Charles Manson biography on it too, since I'm weirdly into true crime.
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There's nothing more superficial to do than to paint a beautiful woman. The most beautiful portraits in art were of ugly women. If you paint Brigitte Bardot, it's a disaster. Sunsets, you have to stay away from sunsets. You paint a sunset, you are in great danger.
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I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
