Conan O'Brien Quotes
Saudi Arabia's first female athlete will be allowed to compete while wearing a head scarf. The Saudi woman said she was thrilled about the ruling all she needs now is a man to drive her to the Olympics.
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I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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I find life a mix of humor and pathos, and all my books reflect that to one degree or another.
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I only think about the choices I want to make and act responsibly - not say or do stupid things, like break the law or get caught doing stupid things.
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The jazz always seems to automatically come out, because it was from my jazz days that I learned that spark. And the nice thing with my band and this repertoire, which is a complete joy, is that we go beyond just playing chords and melody. It is music that can stretch out.
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We begin again to structure the primordial feelings...from which 3000 years of literacy divorced us. We begin again to live a myth. (p. 17)
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You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that is through failure, and the only way to succeed through failure is just banging your head against the wall over and over until you get to that interesting thing on the other side.
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Saudi Arabia's first female athlete will be allowed to compete while wearing a head scarf. The Saudi woman said she was thrilled about the ruling all she needs now is a man to drive her to the Olympics.
