I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive. ~Robert Kiyosaki
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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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
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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