Muhammad Ali Quotes
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But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
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I live in rural New Hampshire, and we are, frankly, short on people who are black, gay, Jewish, and Hispanic. In fact, we're short on people. My town has a population of 301.
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One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.
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If we know human anatomy and we are reasonably intelligent, he assumes that we can figure out how to do almost anything.
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When you're going off to Iraq, your horizons become more short term.
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There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
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I operate off of fear almost exclusively.
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All in all this is a difficult political struggle which will go on for years, in which our people won't die anymore; I'm not sure how much we will be able to win, but I'm certain that we won't loose anything that we have now.
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I'm always amused when people point out that Benjamin's naivety about the publishing process is just so unbelievable in Starborn #1 since, of course, no aspiring writer in reality could ever be so naive.
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It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.
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The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.
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Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.
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It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots.
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America's disabled veterans answered our country's call, and when their time in uniform is done, our country must stand with them.
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'Hotel For Dogs' was fun for my family, but it was kind of hard to get in the audition room for 'Jennifer's Body' after that, you know? But I think the roles find me, in a way.
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When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.
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Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.
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We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom.
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How often are the beauties of nature unheeded by man, who, musing on past ills, brooding over the possible calamities of the future, building castles in the air, or wrapped up in his own self-love and self-importance, forgets to look abroad, or looks with a vacant stare.
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One of the biggest things we've got going this year is we want to finish, finish, finish. That's about as big a finish as you're going to have.
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Brooding over blunders is the biggest blunder.
