W. C. Fields Quotes
I like thieves. Some of my best friends are thieves. Why, just last week we had the president of the bank over for dinner.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation.
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I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
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A lot of locked-room mysteries take time for you to pay attention and see the setup. They aren't thrillers, and they don't move along. The modern mystery story is really faster-paced, and I think modern readers tend to prefer seeing something happening on every other page.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.
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I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing.
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I do well with peoples' parents, but I've certainly had friends who were not. One of my best friends is pretty consistently reviled by his girlfriends' parents!
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I like thieves. Some of my best friends are thieves. Why, just last week we had the president of the bank over for dinner.
