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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Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.
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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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If I have any advice to give to the Syrian president it is to cooperate for the sake of the investigation or for the sake of uncovering the truth.
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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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There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
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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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Impossible to accede to truth by opinions, for each opinion is only a mad perspective of reality.
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There is a popular superstition that "realism" asserts itself in the cataloguing of a great number of material objects, in explaining mechanical processes, the methods of operating manufactories and trades, and in minutely and unsparingly describing physical sensations. But is not realism, more than it is anything else, an attitude of mind on the part of the writer toward his material, a vague indication of the sympathy and candour with which he accepts, rather than chooses, his theme?
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Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Savior’s face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes God’s agents – exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.
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The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.
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I'm grateful for my whole family, but my dad is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Superman, and Evel Knievel all at one time. I can think I have it all figured out, and he'll say, 'But did you look at that side of it?' He shows me just how much more there is than what appears to be.
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Birth, n. The first and direst of all disasters.
