Bette Davis Quotes
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One man's piss-soaked sadomasochistic orgy is another man's poetic ecstasy.
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There have been many men who left behind them that which hundreds of years have not worn out. The earth has Socrates and Plato to this day. The world is richer yet by Moses and the old prophets than by the wisest statesmen. We are indebted to the past. We stand in the greatness of ages that are gone rather than in that of our own. But of how many of us shall it be said that, being dead, we yet speak?
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The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.
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History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order to live luxuriously out of the earnings of others
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When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.
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We've always written from personal experiences.
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We finished our last ball game with Iowa and were on an off-week and then we had to travel a significant distance to get to Hawaii. So we prepared for a certain number of days, let them have a couple days off, came back and traveled to Hawaii.
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There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.
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There's quite a bit of pressure, but it's a lot of fun, it's enjoyable. I think one of the biggest things is being organised, having things written down. Keep the players aware of the other teams, what the other teams' tendencies are, and just to keep on top of things.
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Toil to some is happiness, and rest to others. This man can only breathe in crowds, and that man only in solitudes.
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I think there are a lot of older people who are moving through life the right way, and they just don't know it.
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I realized that you can achieve so much at the front of a stage, releasing the music yourself and being something more selfish than just the drummer.
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A lot of people have it tougher than I do.
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But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001, our Nation has indeed survived.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
