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I learned a long time ago to be honest when I'm talking to other artists. Up-and-coming artists used to come and say something, they would have a demo reel, and I would try to tell them the truth. I don't go up and say something unless I really feel it.Common
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
Umberto Eco -
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
Pam Brown -
I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
Damon Lindelof -
With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.
Patrick Dempsey
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Human beings are a social species. We like to hang together in groups, just like wildebeests, just like lions. Wildebeests don't hang with lions because lions eat wildebeests. Human beings are like that. We do what that group does that we're trying to identify with.
Dan Phillips -
I don't have many friends.
Larry David -
But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.
Vince McMahon -
I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
Viggo Mortensen -
I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too.
Jackie Evancho -
I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.
Safak Pavey
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That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops.
Ed Smith -
There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy day so you can see how badly the roofs leak.
Adam Cohen -
When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.
Fetty Wap -
The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.
Sally Field
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All my life, I have been a positive thinker... I have always been able to survive by telling myself that no matter how bad things are, they will one day be better. And that out of every event - no matter how tragic - one can always find a way to survive and even, perhaps, to be a little bit happy.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
Mark Twain -
Every American deserves their day in court. Every American is innocent until proven guilty. These are core values enshrined in our founding document - the United States Constitution.
John Garamendi -
Long-term, I see robotics prevailing on the moon. . . . The most important decision we'll have to make about space travel is whether to commit to a permanent human presence on Mars. Without it, we'll never be a true space-faring people.
Buzz Aldrin -
I'm terribly happy at the moment - someone up there must be looking out for me.
Anne Reid -
I learned a long time ago to be honest when I'm talking to other artists. Up-and-coming artists used to come and say something, they would have a demo reel, and I would try to tell them the truth. I don't go up and say something unless I really feel it.
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