Albert Camus Quotes
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Put simply, the doctrine of 'Fair Use' applies to content republished from copyrightable material and how much of that content is, literally, fair to use.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene.
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There are a lot of shows that have secrets and string people along and use the secrets of the narrative engine to keep people coming back every week. I don't know if those programs even have an answer. I don't know how they build their shows.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
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Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
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Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter.
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Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
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I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.
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What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
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Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
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I never really feel like just standing there and telling jokes. I want to move around. In fact, it's hard for me to write a joke where I don't end up on the ground for some reason. Hey, at least that way, I know no comics will steal my jokes. Too many bruises.
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The prosecution has an ethical duty to ensure not just that they get a conviction when the defendant is guilty, but also to ensure that they get it by means of fair trial, and that means a fair trial for the defense as well as the prosecution.
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I was raised Catholic, and I can get incredibly guilty about mistakes.
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My life motto is basically to lower your standards and expectations so you're never disappointed and never put any trust in anything, and I try to prepare for the day that I wake up, and everyone I know is like, 'LOL JK best long-running practical joke ever', so I've never really let myself freak out or get too excited about anything.
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A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
