Amor Towles Quotes
Russia was the last to leave the 19th century and the most rapid to enter the mandates of the 20th century. It was not an evolution. It was not a slow process.
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
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I'm an early-morning owl.
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I've been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
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It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
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I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.
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We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.
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It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient.
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My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
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I stopped going to Kingdom Hall, the church, when I was 11 years old, so I was very young. They don't celebrate birthdays, you get no Christmas, so it's a very difficult religion for children to get into. And they do a lot of finger-pointing among the Jehovah's Witnesses.
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StyleHaul will allow me more opportunities to express my point of view in the lifestyle and fashion space.
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Envy aims very high.
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I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.
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I don't read a lot of books.
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The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.
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Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.
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I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.
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It goes without saying that it's important to vote.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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I had always wanted to have children, so it caused me a lot of grief when I was younger, and I had supposed that gay people could not be parents.
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Russia was the last to leave the 19th century and the most rapid to enter the mandates of the 20th century. It was not an evolution. It was not a slow process.
