Samuel Butler Quotes
What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I liked to play dress-up.
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The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants.
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I may have more than one friend with benefits. It's very healthy for the heart. I think no matter how old you are - and I am pretty up there in terms of numbers - I think you should do whatever makes you happy.
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I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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Patients are becoming aware that they're being taken for a ride by big pharma companies. They charge high prices and have never cared for India's healthcare. There are 23 million cases of cancer every year and India has a fair share of that.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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What I've realized is that, especially in Los Angeles, a lot of people are on some kind of path, even if they're not completely conscious of it. I've sort of always been on a path to find more peace, more security within myself. I've always felt like I needed something to help me feel better.
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Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisure
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The first time I recorded without Allen Toussaint, I wanted to do doo-wop. Everything I've done since then has got some kind of doo-wop essence in it.
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My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life, and I believe that we should have a culture of life. It's informed by my faith from beginning to end. And this not just as it related to unborn babies - I did it at the end of life issues as well. This is something that goes way beyond politics.
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Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
