Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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I'm a good legislator. I'm a bad some other things.
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I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.
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Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.
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You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing
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On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.
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Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
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The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.
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We women adore failures. They lean on us.
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Literature, like nobility, runs in the blood.
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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.
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My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.
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A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.
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In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and Id like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work.
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Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.
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You can't tell a writer they should just be more confident.
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What did you do with the time and talents i gave you? God's question.
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I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to write scripts for television. I wrote for my comedy act. Then I wrote screenplays, and then I started writing New Yorker essays, and then I started writing plays. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the New Yorker essays, but they were comic. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the '90s. In my head, there was a link between everything. One thing led to another.
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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Civility is not simply about manners.
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We have an opportunity to improve productivity and cut costs while growing our way to a better and a more comfortable operating environment. I don't think anyone feels comfortable about bumping around where we are today.
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Compliments are only lies in court clothes.
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Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
