Bette Davis Quotes
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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I'm not a religious person. Chances are that the universe neither treasures nor regrets us.
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The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.
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On 'Frasier,' a network executive once suggested that one week we have John Lithgow play Frasier and Kelsey Grammar play Lithgow's role on '3rd Rock From the Sun;' I've been deeply afraid of the idea of a crossover ever since.
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All the rays which convey the images of objects through the air are straight lines. Hence, if the images of very large bodies have to pass through very small holes, and beyond these holes recover their large size, the lines must necessarily intersect.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
