O. Henry Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The best way to travel abroad is to live with the locals.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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'Wet Hot American Summer' was sort of lowbrow genius, you know? But smart in its cultish silliness. It wasn't considered something of great cultural caliber. But like many cult pieces, it sort of became something culturally relevant, which I think is what's so wonderful about it.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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People used to think of me as a comedy actor.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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Hungarian communists were the most talented. They convinced everybody that reforming the communist party was better than making a new party.
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I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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They say TV has a tendency to diminish actors, and I think that's probably true in the long run - it wears on 'em like bad dental work - but Cheech doesn't show any of the signs of being damaged that way. And as a man, he's fantastic.
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When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element?
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Busy as a one-armed man with the nettle-rash pasting on wallpaper.
