Samuel Pepys Quotes
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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Being evil is easy.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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My aesthetic sense was formed at a young age by what surrounded me: the narrow residential spaces of Japan and the mental escapes from those spaces that took the forms of manga and anime.
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We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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When I was a kid, my favorite after-school snack was hominy and pickled pigs feet.
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Kids are without a doubt the most suspicious diners in the world. They will eat mud (raw or baked) rocks, paste, crayons, ball-point pens, moving goldfish, cigarette butts, and cat food. Try to coax a little beef stew into their mouths and they look at you like a puppy when you stand over him with the Sunday paper rolled up.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
