Quintus Curtius Rufus Quotes
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.
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A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
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I have 18 cars, but I never had a Rolls-Royce.
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I don't know about hiding away, but I really only like to present myself when I'm working on something - it's more my work I like to present to the world rather than myself.
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People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!
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The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.
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Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're faced with, like getting money. It's a really great thing to do. You feel like you're really an artist when you're doing that and you're in a company of artists.
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Sports saved my life.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
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Oil painting and color, said Michelangelo, are for 'women and the lazy.' His sharp-edged Apollonian style is the only way to beat back mother nature.
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Europe in its infinite wisdom decided to deal with this bankruptcy by loading the largest loan in human history on the weakest of shoulders … What we’ve been having ever since is a kind of fiscal waterboarding that has turned this nation into a debt colony.
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Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.
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I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.
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It's time for Republicans to rally behind this campaign in order to put forth the best candidate to stop Hillary Clinton in November. I am confident Ted Cruz is that person, and I'm thrilled to endorse him for president.
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I'm a big fan of '30 Rock,' which I think is the most genius show on television.
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'Field of Dreams.' Definitely one of the best baseball films of all time. When Kevin Costner spoke to his dad, and his dad answered, I, um, I mean a lot of guys I know couldn't help crying.
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Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
