P. T. Barnum Quotes
As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.
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When all capital, all production, all exchange have been brought together in the hands of the nation, private property will disappear of its own accord, money will become superfluous, and production will so expand and man so change that society will be able to slough off whatever of its old economic habits may remain.
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Thought is fugitive; the mind does not repeat itself; if you do not catch the whisperings of the oracle as they come to you, they are lost forever. You must-and this is absolutely essential-convince yourselves that what is offered you this very moment will never be offered again.
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Fate is not in man but around him.
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As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.
