Alvah Bessie Quotes
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
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What if you could radically alter the way stories get told? What if the way people wanted to consume content actually changed what you could make?
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
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The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody.
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I really believe in the power of music.
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I love Amy Adams. She is wonderful. Evan Rachel Wood is a blast. I am also really excited about Ari Graynor from 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' and 'American Crime.' I think it is an exciting time for young women in this industry. I am excited to make my own path.
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It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
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I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.
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There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.
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We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.
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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms.
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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
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The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments... but also their companies.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
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Oh Lord, give us a sense of humor with courage to manifest it forth, so that we may laugh to shame the pomps, the vanities, the sense of self-importance of the Big Fellows that the world sometimes sends among us, and who try to take our peace away.
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Very often with an American movie, the end is very happy and you just feel good when you go out. When you go to a French movie, it's kind of like, oh!, and you can't go out; you're stuck in your chair. It goes so deeply inside of the heart.
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One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.
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When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches.
