Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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As I age, I become more and more happy with what I see in the mirror. At some point, that's going to stop.
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I have a dear friend here in Toronto, Sarah Millman, who has helped me a lot as a stylist.
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Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
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The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
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I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.
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You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.
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Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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When my phone pops up with Dierks Bentley, I'm like, 'Oh my gosh!! Okay, wait. He's supposed to be, like, my friend. I'm supposed to be cool.'
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I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.'
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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If I'm thrifting, and I find this great dress, but it won't fit me, and I won't grow into it because I'm impossibly tiny, I don't want to let it sit there. I'll buy it and send it to a friend.
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I mean, I'm willing to do anything with Chris Chulack - he's one of my favorite directors I've ever worked with, and I just think he's a fantastic man, and a great creator, and a good friend.
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Diamonds are a girl's best friend, and dogs are a man's best friend. Now you know which sex has more sense.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
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What dire offence from amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things!
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The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.
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The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting.
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Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.
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Nobody was like, 'Kimberly, we're going to let you anchor general news or host a show or do any of that.' I at first started out doing legal analysis, but I had to make the case to my bosses... give me a shot, give me a chance, and I was able to do that: say, 'Let me fill in. Let me show you my range. Nothing to lose here - it's the holidays.'
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Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
