Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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I like acting and things when I like the writing. If I don't like the writing, I don't like acting. I think in some ways everything starts for me from the place of writing. ~Greta Gerwig
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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I am a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. ~Mary Lambert
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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