If you watch the first [Star Wars] movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear; but you don't know what their endgame is. You don't know what Leia is princess of. You don't yet understand who Jabba the Hutt is, even though there is a reference to him. You don't know that Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister; but the possibility is all there. The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went. ~J. J. Abrams
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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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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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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