Ambrose Bierce Quotes
Witch, n. (1) An ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.
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For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
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And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing.
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You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.
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I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.
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The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man. William Howard Taft
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We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there. There are no institutional structures to render justice. The press is very limited. There's very little transparency. You find a symmetry in certain basic human tendencies, and these tendencies are not always noble or beautiful. I think we have an instinct to turn away from that, to not acknowledge it, while it is something that's a part of us. There's a certain tragic and sad side to human nature that, in our quest for beauty, we ignore.
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Witch, n. (1) An ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
