Confucius Quotes
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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With so many millions of titles available, the books that will get talked about are the books that make readers talk about them.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.
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As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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I've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison.
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If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.
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You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.
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You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
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When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face. Sometimes, I think he turns 10 to 15 years younger when I deliver a hit.
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Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.
