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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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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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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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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I met my husband through a mutual friend. He invited me over for dinner and cooked this meal that knocked my socks off - and maybe knocked off a few other pieces of clothing off as well.
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My friend, there is no end when it comes to 'Trapped In The Closet.'
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When my sister Joan arrived, I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvellous friend she's been, I'm so glad my parents didn't take me at my word.
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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
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The most important part of any acquisition is your ability to culturally integrate the people in the companies you acquire and your company.
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When a person hasn’t in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog’s bark in every sound.
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Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.
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Air is the very substance of our freedom, the substance of superhuman joy.... aerial joy is freedom.
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Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
