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I had success as an actor relatively early. When I was 22, I got nominated for an Academy Award for The Last… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] came to save all through himself; all, I say, who through him are reborn in God: infants, and children, and… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
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“Look at me," he said, glancing down at his legs. "A wretched old man in a red monkey suit. A convicted murderer… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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All the lessons learned, unlearned; The young, who learned to read, now blind, Their eyes with an archaic film; The peasant relapses… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
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When that happens [the demise of golf], old men will furtively beckon to their sons and, like fugitives from the guillotine recalling… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
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Your son sees you hit his mother, grows up to hit women in his life as a man. You bounce from woman… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
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We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us… The old "manifest destiny" idea… — Francis John McConnell Copy Share Image
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My first job was in a Bohemian polka band, the Rejcek family polka band in Abbott. The old man in the band… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
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“Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image