William Congreve Quotes
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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Internal security implies also an external dimension, a defence capacity.
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There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.
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All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after death, are conjectures which have been given out as facts, handed down with many adornments by tradition, and accepted by posterity as "revealed religion". They are theories more or less rational which uncivilised men have devised in order to explain the facts of life, and which civilised men believe that they believe.
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I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my books, I can't complain about that attention, but it does puzzle me that this is something reviewers focus on.
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The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
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Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
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Love is getting to be cynical, passion's just physical.
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If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.
