Frances Burney Quotes
I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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I love anything to do with history.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.
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I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do.
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I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.
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It's not racist to say we can't take in the poverty of the world.
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I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.
