Jane Austen Quotes
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.
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I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
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I didn't have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.
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No matter what the president or anyone tried to do on health care, they never got the headlines, because the Gulf oil spill happened. It seemed like it sucked the wind out of the whole health care debate.
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There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference.
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I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.
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A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.
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Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.
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Interactive storytelling emphasizes a personal connection with the characters. It is a powerful tool that can draw you so deeply into the world of a story that you lose sight of it as a story. You think you are there - at least, if it is done right.
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Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style.
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An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.
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The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops.
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Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
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You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
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I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.
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There's the fatigue that you have to forget about, because the red curtain still has to rise.
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Everything seems simpler from a distance.
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And from the phlox and mignonette. Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes, The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets in the aisles of grass, With their clear fifing pierce the hush; And somewhere you many hear anear, The passion of the hermit thrush.
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Some of us, for better or worse, develop very stable, consistent, and largely predictable machineries of self. But in others, the self machinery is more flexible and more open to unexpected turns.
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Unfortunately it's a problem that's only going to get worse.
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My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
