Decimius Magnus Ausonius Quotes
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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize.
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Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
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A lot of people don't know that I had a special appearance in 'Keratam'; that was my first Telugu film. I only shot for four to five days. When they called me, I said, 'I can't give 60 days for a movie. If you have something for one week or 10 days, then I can accommodate.'
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.
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I'm not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.
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I don't just train to be a participant. I train to come up big in big moments. That's when I know I've got to roll the sleeves up.
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Theater is where you go to find out something new that you don't know. It goes through somebody's brain and comes out in a comprehensible way that is beautiful, that's really interesting.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
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There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
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I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don't make any separation in terms of those practices.
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One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.
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Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
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He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.
