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She moved from being a young woman into having the angular look of a queen, someone who has made her face with… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
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There is scarce any passion so heartily decried by moralists and satirists, as AMBITION; and yet, methinks, ambition is not a vice… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Copy Share Image
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The competent leader of men cares little for the niceties of other peoples' characters: he cares much--everything--for the exterior uses to which… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
You know how they do that effect in movies, where they make it look like you have a twin, but it's really… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
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I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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Few legislators who passed these mental health laws realized that (Brock) Chisholm and his associates defined mental illness as a sense of… — John A. Stormer Copy Share Image
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I guess what I like in my movies is where you see a character change by maybe two degrees as opposed to… — Paul Thomas Anderson Copy Share Image
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I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
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What basic psychological distortion can be found in every civilization of which we know anything? The only psychological force capable of producing… — Brock Chisholm Copy Share Image
I don't think I had any idea at the time how to work with someone as masterful as he is. And I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Anyone who loved Tuesdays with Morrie should delight in reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom has populated his… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
Good habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the new year. The vision may dawn, the dream may waken,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
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Classic burlesque in the style of Gypsy which many modern burlesque troupes practice is, at its core, so playful and teasing and… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
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Your Life's Account : Your happiness is your profit. Your sorrows are your losses. Your soul is your goodwill. Your heart is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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