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 woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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Hello and hi. Slowly open your eyes. Get up from your bed. Go to the window. The great sun is waiting to say "Good Morning" to you.
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you. ~Max Lucado
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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My only scheme was to be a rapper. ~Eminem
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live. ~Monica Potter
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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