Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Backbite, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
Ambrose Bierce
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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.
Adam Ferguson
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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.
Harmony Korine
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen
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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.
Bayard Taylor
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Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
Nastassja Kinski
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If there's an incursion I don't go out of the house.
Nader al-Masri
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Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won't, for he sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
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I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.
Debbie Reynolds
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I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very conservative. But they made me feel safe, and even though they were mortified at what I was doing, they encouraged it. I think because they thought, what else could I do?
John Waters
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We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
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I like owning dirt. You know, I spent a lot of time broke when I moved to California. So deep in my soul is still this idea of being un-employed. To me, owning land means you could sell it at some point and have money.
George Clooney
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Backbite, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
Ambrose Bierce
