Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.
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I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
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I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.
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I want my opponents to look at me across the net and just not want to play me because I look so fit and amazing and strong. So that's always my goal.
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We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.
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I love a burger and fries, but it's not what I crave. I love to eat healthily.
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My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.
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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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I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
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Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails.
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'Titanic' made me want to tell stories... To have all these characters and costumes and have ambition and think big and have dreams... It came at a very troubled period of my life.
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I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices.
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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
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Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
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Feminism, coveting social power, is blind to women’s cosmic sexual power.
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Anybody that thought that I tried to protect the president has forgotten that I asked for the expansion of the Monica Lewinsky matter.
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She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star. I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam bad left him before he transgressed.
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Most of my stories have some basis in fact.
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How do you define a poet? It's very simple. Anyone declaring that he is a poet, is a poet.
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I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult.
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Birth, n. The first and direst of all disasters.
