Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography. ~Bill Wyman
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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I have the courage of my convictions. ~Brigitte Bardot
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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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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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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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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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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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I didn't want to be anyone else. ~Gordon Waller
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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