I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted; it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. ~Paul Ryan
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
#quotes #laura-ingraham #mel-gibson #new-york #movies

The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
#quotes #michael-servetus #god #mistakes

All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
#quotes #peter-camejo #law #europe #united-states

I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
#quotes #william-james #personality

I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
#quotes #naveen-jain #entrepreneurship

Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
#quotes #sonam-kapoor #harry-potter #reading

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
#quotes #ryszard-kapuscinski #patriotism #power #russia #poland

I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
#quotes #paul-mceuen #childhood

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 think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
#proverbs #moorish-proverbs #fear

I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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