Michael Jackson Quotes
"In Africa," S. B. once remarked, "if you do well, people close to you will hate you."
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
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Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
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Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when I'm acting, I'm putting my mind, body, and soul into something, and that's one of the times during the day when I don't tic.
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I am just happy that I have children. I don't care what they want to do!
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All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry.
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I like the unknown.
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I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
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Fear is another emotion that is strongly suppressed. We cannot afford to be afraid, and so we don't allow ourselves to sense and feel the fear within us. We lower our brows to deny it, set our jaws to defy it, and smile to deceive ourselves. But inwardly we remain scared to death.
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"In Africa," S. B. once remarked, "if you do well, people close to you will hate you."
