Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come back upon the mind with irresistible force.
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Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
Nastassja Kinski -
If there's an incursion I don't go out of the house.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
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The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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You have a natural tendency to want an emotionally satisfying tale - and to make investments based on that - despite times when the actual data may be telling you something different.
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As President Bush just said, a great nation doesn’t shy from the truth. It strengthens us. It emboldens us. It should fortify us.
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While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.
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America is the paradise of lawyers.
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We’d all like t’vote fer th’best man, but he’s never a candidate.
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I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.
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Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.
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O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
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You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it's been a good ride so far, but it's not over yet.
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I know that one day all transgender individuals will have the freedom to be who they are, no matter what. And we won't have to face the cruel judgments of society. We can just live our lives and be treated and respected like everyone else.
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Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts.
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Backbite, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
