Washington Irving Quotes
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Washington Irving
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
Iris Apfel
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In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part, the Indian part. The part of me that loves London, and the part that longs for Bombay. And at my typewriter, alone, I could indulge this.
Salman Rushdie
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
Manny Pacquiao
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
Vern Buchanan
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
Harry Caray
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I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.
Gail Carriger
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Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
Karen DeCrow
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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
Tania Raymonde
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
Patrick deWitt
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Oscar Wilde
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A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
Xun Kuang
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We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.
Wayne Dyer
