Thing Quotes
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My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it.
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Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.
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I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing.
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I don't want to come across like this whole thing is a downer.
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This endeavour to do a thing or leave it undone, solely in order to please men, we call ambition, especially when we so eagerly endeavour to please the vulgar, that we do or omit certain things to our own or another's hurt : in other cases it is generally called kindliness.
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Truly there is no such thing as finality.
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If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.
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A thing worth learning is worth learning well.
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The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers.
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One thing the blues ain't, is funny.
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The way I see it people don't do what they want to do often enough. They just do some alternative which they'd kind of like to do, which isn't the same thing at all, and as a result that thing isn't enough and they end up depressed and annoyed with everyone else around them.
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A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.
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One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.
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Love is a really scary thing and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
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There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.
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Besides my fast and slooow songs, I further divide my work into three main song types: the ballad or story song, the variation on a theme (saying the same thing over and over and over again) song, and the weird song. It's important to have weird songs, but I find that a little weirdness goes a long way.
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A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
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The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I'm satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want to do.
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For nothing was simply one thing.
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Joy is not a thing, it is in us.
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How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?
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The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. As for myself, I'm not really sure who I am. I change every day.
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Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.
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One thing that's certain about going outdoors: When you come back inside, you'll be scratching.
