Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.
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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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You're on your own with the book. And while you are writing fiction, you're spending all this time with people who don't actually exist, which is just madness.
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We have a renewed energy and vigor in our supporters and we are no longer so frightened about the future.
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There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.
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I consider myself black.
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You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.
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Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.
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Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
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But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.
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I think it is a great gift to make people laugh, and it shouldn't be underestimated.
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I love listening to classical music.
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Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
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'Certifiably Jonathan' contrives crises for its subject - a bid to get his paintings into MOMA, among others.
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I'm definitely not a supermodel, a thousand per cent.
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I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive.
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Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the things you believe are believed on authority... Every historical event in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada.
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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
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What if there was an eBay of enterprise applications? What if there was an iTunes music store of enterprise applications? We call that the AppExchange.
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In Jesus Christ on the Cross, there is refuge; there is safety; there is shelter; and all the power of sin upon our track cannot reach us when we have taken shelter under the Cross that atones for our sins.
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Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
