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I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
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Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it's been quite effective imagining the world's problems are all right in front of you on… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
I like Jackie [Chan] because I've been a fan of Jackie's forever. He's broken every bone in his body for his commitment… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
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To me, liberation doesn't mean that I can think just like a man. Real liberation means that I can think, act, and… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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I think the real sort of decision moment for me was president Donald Trump election night and just realizing that there was… — Lydia Polgreen Copy Share Image
Always remember, wherever you are, whether near or far, you had a mother who really, really loved you. The original mother. Once… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
I used to hide it but after a lot of encouragement from my friends at university, I've gained the confidence to come… — Jess Smith Copy Share Image
We wanted to show people what it was like in one of those neighbourhoods that they would never have access to, in… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Relationships are hard. If as an actor you marry an engineer or a doctor, it's really hard for them because they don't… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
Cruise passengers can be blinded to the very real perils of the sea by ship operators unwilling to interrupt the party for… — Chris Shays Copy Share Image
Sustaining a narrative in sentences and paragraphs is very different from songwriting. But the dedication to the craft and just the endurance… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Playing is no challenge; every time that you get a role you get to go play with other people in the sandbox… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
After my debut didn't go very well with Holt, I needed to be in a healthier head space. I was happy to… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Hollywood is no longer the top. I love going to the cinema. I've always adored the idea of being in great, epic… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
If we invest in researching and developing energy technology, we'll do some real good in the long run, rather than just making… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...the social mould civilization fits us into have no more relation to our actual shapes than the conventional shapes of the constellations… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
When a leader correctly identifies real hurt and insecurity in our country and instead of addressing it, goes looking for somebody to… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
If I'm watching 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta,' there's a part of that that's just escapism. I'm not watching it with a… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
There is a future which is predictable, programmed, scheduled, foreseeable. But there is a future, l'avenir (to come) which refers to someone… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal… — Dick Bennett Copy Share Image
I can't do it. It would be like, say, trying to fall in love with somebody, or trying to convince yourself that… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
Early on, it was real tough for me to stick to my guns and say 'I'm retired, I'm not rapping, don't ask… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
My wife looked after children with disabilities. She is brilliant at it. I admire her because I could not do it, it… — Rob Cross Copy Share Image
Well, I think that the image is a part of me. I wear the baggy pants, the hats, the whole nine. And… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
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Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
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