W. C. Fields Quotes
During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.
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The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I love to do during the summer. It just seemed like a good plan.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials.
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Every single sport works out your body in a different way, and you can almost point out their bodies - like, that's a swimmer, that's a football player.
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Playfullness is the essential feature of productive thought.
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I always used to wonder why American actors were getting fat, then I made a U.S. movie. I'm seeing all the food every day, and there's lots of waiting around because making an American movie is very slow.
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Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.
