W. C. Fields Quotes
Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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But I think we need the international market.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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I don't play lovers. I wish I did. At least once I'd like to have a crack at one of those guys. A heartbreaker. Some people are born to it. I'm not.
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You learn every single day when youre running a company. You learn as you go.
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I want to come and play in cities and states where transgender citizens are not discriminated against, where there's no hateful bathroom bills at the shows where I'm going to be playing.
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Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.
