Amr ibn al Quotes
Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though you die tomorrow.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.
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Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along with mediocre drama more than they'll go along with mediocre comedy.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.
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A good memory is needed after one has lied.
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He's one of the biggest whingers in world football... he's a bloody eejit.
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Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though you die tomorrow.
