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I do not believe that the tendency is to make men and women brave and glorious when you tell them that there… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Do you know why I married you, Philip?" "Presumably you wanted the financial security and social prestige I could offer." She chuckled… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Speaking as he unintentionally launched his farewell tour by announcing that the 2000 season would be his last before retirement: Honestly, I… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
I write songs as honestly as I can without worrying about genres or labels. Sometimes I sing, and sometimes I rap, and… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
I try to take it and leave it in God's hands. I try to do what He wants me to do and… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
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We can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. We cannot… — John McCain Copy Share Image
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I've been very lucky to have a family who has welcomed me and not been hung up on anything racial, almost overlooking… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Comedians are therapists. People honestly think we're doing it for ourselves. No. If we wanted to do stand-up for ourselves, we would… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
There's more empathetic representations than we're used to seeing. I honestly feel like in the early days of Hollywood, women did have… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction. I find it a golden idol,… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
I don't revise a lot when writing short stories. As far as the novel, I definitely thought more about plot. Honestly, I'm… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
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War films usually so dark or dirty or intense, and sometimes they guide you to feeling a certain way against war, in… — Seth Gabel Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge fan of 3-D, though. Honestly, I think that movies are an immersive experience and an audience experience. There's… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
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You are equipped with strong bodies and educated minds. Add to these an unshakable faith in a divine providence and you have… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
In a letter (no matter how quickly it is written or honestly or freely or lovingly) it is more possible to be… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
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There used to be the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. There used to be Soviet troops in the GDR. And we… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I love 'The Walking Dead,' 'Shameless,' and - this is going to sound really dorky - I'm obsessed with 'Dance Moms.' I… — Liana Liberato Copy Share Image
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I like poetry, but honestly, I like dramatic literature more. If I had to pick between Rumi and Dostoevsky, I would pick… — Ramin Bahrani Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'd love to think I was in a position where I had that decision. But last year I worked on a… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
I literally feel like books saved my life. I found these people. Me reading Camus and Kafka, all of the tortured teenager… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
I’m a goddess of destruction. Tell me honestly that you find nothing exciting about the idea of a billion people screaming out… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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I think this mythology - that we're all beyond race, of course our police officers aren't racist, of course our politicians don't… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
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I honestly don't like Photoshop. I think when people Photoshop things, all of a sudden you're like, 'That's not even me anymore.'… — Lily Aldridge Copy Share Image
I think I actually made a very kind gesture out of nowhere; I decided in the middle of that match that for… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image