Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Ambition, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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What really matters is what you do with what you have.
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I love fashion; I adore it. I love the madness of it.
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I don't judge people based on their religion. But I judge them based on how they respect the French constitution.
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In that accident, we not only lost seven colleagues, we lost seven friends, ... They believed in space exploration. They knew the risks, but they believed in what they were doing. They showed us that the fire of the human spirit is insatiable.
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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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Ambition, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
