William Shakespeare Quotes
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Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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He plants trees to benefit another generation.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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I'd love to do another 'Indiana Jones.' A character that has a history and a potential, kind of a rollicking good movie ride for the audience, Steven Spielberg as a director - what's not to like?
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I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.
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My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor.
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I actually love Twitter and Instagram. I do think it's so strange to think that 20 years ago, people would never have known personal stuff about musicians and actors, but I like it. As long as I don't obsessively overshare, it's OK. And when I do overshare, it's just, like, me saying, 'I've got $7 in my bank account!'
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Art is the colors and textures of your imagination.
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My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.
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If you were a bird, and lived on high, You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by, You'd say to the wind when it took you away: 'That's where I wanted to go today!
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We've had crooks from the beginning of time... it's always very interesting and troubling why good people do bad things.
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I like things that reach a little further and are a little more abstract, but I don't think that's what I do naturally well. How I write naturally is probably what's furthest from me, and the most removed from what I understand.
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Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.
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The voices inside you can lead your soul astray Believe in what you dream Don't turn away don't you turn away. Reach for the light You might touch the sky Stand on the mountaintop and see yourself flying Reach for the light to capture a star Come out of the darkness and find out who you are.
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I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun.