There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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I make the girls jump like I am Kris Kross. ~Nicki Minaj
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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