Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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Well, where there is freedom doubt itself must be free.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.
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We have to tokenize in order to normalize.
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The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
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See?" he said, with an unholy amount of glee. "I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often." "No. Trust me, you shouldn't," Eve said. "Think of all the little old people and the children.
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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
