Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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I've got a general callout with the Caribbean world in which I'm interested in helping in any way to get their well-written good stories out to the rest of the world. I am really interested in helping those stories get to a completion and public viewing.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.
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The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I became a vegetarian at 15. I was always an animal lover and, as a teenager, became increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of eating meat. It was then that I started to research vegetarianism.
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I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered if I have an Asiatic ancestor from the East as well because I have deep-set eyes. Make-up artists are constantly trying to shade my eyelids, and I have to point out that I don't have any!
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As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
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We have been fighting for solutions that will spur economic growth and create jobs for all Americans because we have been listening to what small business owners and employees have been telling us all along.
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When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody - somebody close to me. It's often the case that the people closest to me are the people on my mind the most.
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During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.
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We know businesses can’t compete without reliable infrastructure.
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If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
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Helpmate, n. A wife, or bitter half.
