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The key to Turkey's success has been its ability to reinvent itself as times change. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself. — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself. — Fatos Nano Copy Share Image
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All we do is sign great teams, and stay out of the way. The rest will take care of itself. — Mike Wilson Copy Share Image
The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that… — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself. — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Therefore when the mind knows itself and loves itself, there remains a trinity, that is the mind, love and knowledge. — Peter Lombard Copy Share Image
You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
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I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When… — Colleen Haskell Copy Share Image
The entire existence of the NFL - and of football at any level, for all of that - rests on whether or… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
Today 80 percent of all the oil that comes out of the Gulf is from 1,000 feet or more and today almost… — Bob Graham Copy Share Image
In the bubble decade, making money as an end in itself boomed as a calling among students at elite universities like Harvard,… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity.… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The writing itself wasn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
When I was an impoverished graduate student, I would sometimes spend $20 or $30 on a T-shirt or accessory I didn't need… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it. — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image