Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I'm hanging out with my New York friends, my Jersey boys, my family and loving every single second of it.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
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Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.
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Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.
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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.
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Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight.
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I'm very happy with my life and career, but I do find myself having serious attacks of nostalgia, and I don't quite know why. Even though I've got to travel the world and do amazing things, I still want to go back to my teenage years and change little aspects of it. It's strange, but it does continue to bug me.
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So-called gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you.
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I'm trying to tell you that there's a new wave on the continent. A new wave of openness and democratization in which, since 2000, more than two-thirds of African countries have had multi-party democratic elections. Not all of them have been perfect, or will be, but the trend is very clear.
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I'd love to see the secondary markets become more widespread in terms of their adoption.
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I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.
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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.
