Adeline Yen Mah Quotes
Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.
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Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.
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I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language.
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Campaign widowhood totally suited me, and I soon began to suspect that our setup beat the bill-paying and bickering of an actual marriage.
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I love music; it's my passion.
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Most mothers want more of dad in their children’s lives, not less.
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You actually can’t understand American history without understanding slavery.
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Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
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Demosthenes: Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvellous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better.
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I get nervous about everything. I think there's something wrong if you don't get nervous.
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I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink.
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You got to use what you got to get just what you want.
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I don't want my husband to push me around in a wheelchair. I don't want someone to lead me around because I'm blind.
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I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life.
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Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong.
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There is so little difference between husbands you might as well keep the first.
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Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
