Ambrose Bierce Quotes
This is a simple story of a battle; such a tale as may be told by a soldier who is no writer to a reader who is no soldier.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.
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I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification.
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You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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Stuart Blumberg is suddenly an authority on the modern - or, dare we say, post-modern - family, thanks to the critically-acclaimed debut of his new film, 'The Kids Are All Right.'
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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With my voice and my band, I can do anything.
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'There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.'
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Moralists have no place in an art gallery.
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Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality.
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This is a simple story of a battle; such a tale as may be told by a soldier who is no writer to a reader who is no soldier.
