Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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I try to photobomb as much as possible.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.
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I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.
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I don't expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
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If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.
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I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it.
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I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated.
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The enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.
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Ἄτης ἄρουρα θάνατον ἐκκαρπίζεται.
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It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another.
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Before I start carving the idea must be almost complete. I say 'almost' because the really important thing seems to be the sculptor's ability to let his intuition guide him over the gap between conception and realization without compromising the integrity of the original idea; the point being that the material has vitality – it resists and makes demands..
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I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together.
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I think, Queen Victoria's diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library.
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I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.
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The labor of the alchemists, who were called artist in their day, is a befitting comparison for a deliberate change of style.
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The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.
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'It's a gift!' he said. He was referring to his art, and also to the result; but he was using the word quite literally.
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Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
