Anthony Trollope Quotes
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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The thing about the Nobel ceremony is that for a whole week, you get treated like a superstar. You get driven everywhere. You have minders who always make sure you get where you're going. And you always get into the back seat of the limo.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a system of institutional oppression, with immense powers of persecution and intolerance.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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The delights of self-discovery are always available.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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But 'Cuban Linx' was a project that really needed to come, and I really wanted to get it off my chest because I know that the fans were really skeptical about it, like 'is this really gonna be what it's supposed to be?' So once everybody caught it for what it was and everybody was happy, that's mission accomplished for me.
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Cervantes married in 1584, when he was thirty-seven and Catalina was nineteen. The marriage lasted thirty years, but Cervantes may have spent only about half of them with his wife.
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I think of myself as a content creator and, hopefully one day, a content enabler and supporter of others, so that's what my immediate and hopefully future journey is.
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I'm not classically trained or anything, but I'll rip up a dance floor.
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Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.
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If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.
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If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.
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It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world.
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In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government, Barack Obama has reneged on his promises.
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The only thing I focus on is just winning. Once we win, everyone remembers a winner. That's what I'm focused on.
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
