Ahna O'Reilly Quotes
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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I love cycling.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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War is over if you want it.
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You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year.
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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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Once both gay marriage and marijuana are finally legal, those of you against them are not invited to the really fun parties I'm gonna throw.
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When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
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The larger-than-life thing is definitely what I'm after. I've always drawn dark stories. Occasionally, I'll try a perfect hero, but it's a real stretch for me. I like 'em warts and all, and obsessive and weird.
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And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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I could probably do a documentary on acting classes; I've taken so many.
