Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
#quotes #lucy-walker #entertainment

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
#quotes #cole-porter #writing

Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. ~Alice Eve
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
#quotes #dana-carvey #tabloids

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
#quotes #ian-mcewan #education #intelligence

All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
#quotes #henry-rollins #mark-zuckerberg #death

Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
#quotes #roy-ayers #new-york

To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
#quotes #ursula-k-le-guin #music #knowledge #faith

May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
#quotes #martin-van-buren #trust

Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverb #parents

Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
#quotes #sylvia-boorstein #surrender

If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
#quotes #muriel-barbery #world

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #adversity