Elizabeth Inchbald Quotes
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In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then, he writes; and if he doesn't feel the urgent need of writing, there are dozens of professions in which it is easier to earn a comfortable living.
Malcolm Cowley
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I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.
Morgan Freeman
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Good intentions are impotent unless based on reality.
Arthur Jensen
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If a starving bear ate my family, even though he may have had no wicked intentions, even though he was just being a bear, his nature has made him a menace.
Brandon Mull
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We're all on a journey. The average American switches professions four times. I'm lucky to be in a business where I can change the character I am playing every couple of months.
Josh Hartnett
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Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome.
Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
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I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.
Marat Safin
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When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the subject, he said 'But that's what we have in common. We both play clarinet.' I said, 'No, Benny, that's where we're different. You play clarinet, I play music.'
Artie Shaw
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The most important thing is to talk to people that have jobs that you might like and to see what they say the job involves.
Robert Pozen
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We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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You have to make the shift from being a consumer in the economy to becoming an owner-and you do it by becoming an investor.
Anthony Robbins
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People are mostly happiest when they think they're just about to get the thing they want most. Before and after, they're all monsters.
Catherynne M. Valente
