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- The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I…
- Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to…
- The one thing I've discovered about social media is that people love answering questions. In fact, it sometimes feels like at any given moment, millions…
- Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot.
- You can find out anything you want about a car now, and especially every bit of information about the price, without relying on the dealers.
- I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so…
- Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in warfare…
- Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide into a ditch,…
- 'Brave' is one of those words that has been bleached of most of its meaning these days, thanks to far too many appearances in the…
- When I heard about the Microsoft Kinect, though, I felt an urgency rising in me. A game you played without touching any machinery? A chance…
- When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became…
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- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong