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• Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Work
  • Religious
  • Critical

• It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • May
  • Cold
  • Friendship

• I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Know
  • Play
  • Golf

• My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Career
  • Woman
  • Husband

• I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.

  

  Obiageli Ezekwesili
  • Friends
  • Child
  • Fight

• Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Ideas
  • Army
  • Brainy

• I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.

  

  Sakshi Tanwar
  • Man
  • Find
  • Looking

• I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Like
  • Author
  • Very

• Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Happy
  • Beautiful
  • Attitude

• Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Career
  • Wish

• A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Past
  • Experiences
  • Pull

• I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'

  

  Carl Paladino
  • Up
  • Bad
  • Today

• Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • Good
  • Idea
  • Good Idea

• There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'

  

  Patrick Carman
  • Why
  • Book
  • Fun

• I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.

  

  Natassia Malthe
  • Friends
  • Never
  • Class

• When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Different
  • Long
  • Hair

• Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Hate
  • Thought
  • Idiot

• I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Life
  • Parents
  • Child

• I don't go to fancy Michelin-starred restaurants often.

  

  Mary Berry

• Why can't we get real, sane, sensible gun legislation? Because the NRA, funded by Mossberg, Smith & Wesson, Glock and all the rest of the big dogs in the weapons industry, you know, spread around donations and won't let it move through.

  

  Keith Ellison
  • Real
  • Why
  • Rest

• If you think about the under-30 generation, the millennial generation - GenTech, as I call them - they grew up with a screen in front of them. And so they think about everyday processes, like payments, differently than you and I do.

  

  Dan Schulman
  • Up
  • Everyday

• I hate any match that isn't a traditional Tag Team Match or a traditional Singles Match, because anything can happen. It's truly one of those deals where it's all about being in the right place at the right time.

  

  John Cena
  • Time
  • Hate
  • Team

• When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!

  

  Xaviera Hollander
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