Conor Cruise O'Brien Quotes
Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.
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Microcurrent devices are actually really good because they stimulate the muscles, but I'm not a big fan of injectables. You don't know what they'll do to your face in the long run.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
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I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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My imagination is a twisted place.
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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
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Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.
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Great artists are like loaded guns. They are dangerous in anybody's hands.
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Although drag has a long cultural history in America, it remained largely underground till the late 1980s.
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Elevating the status of women is our best path to peace, justice, and prosperity on a global scale.
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For employers, mobility no longer means merely traditional expatriate placements, but moving jobs to where talented people are located.
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All events became omens; I lost the ability to take anything literally.
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Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.
