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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization. — Edmond de Goncourt
The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six novels. — Anthony Burgess
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever… — Carrie Nation
I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can… — Bo Jackson
Having made the trip from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean myself going up up up against twenty-five hundred miles of the Missouri River, I… — William Least Heat-Moon
Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist. You forget that… — Roy Lichtenstein
The world's five thousand extant languages are products of our shared ability, but the five thousand cultures they create are separate from each other. — Richard Leakey
You can tell a lot about someone's personality if you know his star sign -Jesus, born on 25 December, fed the five thousand, walked on… — Harry Hill
I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping. — Elinor Lipman
Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don't go on to the next chapter until I've polished and polished and… — Elinor Lipman
Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was… — Jason Lee
I always wanted to be a scientist, I always thought I'd be a scientist, that was the narrative I was carrying around. I worked in… — Jonah Lehrer
I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one of… — Katie Leclerc
My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was… — Katie Leclerc
When I was five I thought auditions were a great way to get out of school! — Logan Lerman
I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't… — Matthew Macfadyen
The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky. — Mike McCready
Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant… — Patrick Marber
Given that I have to share my computer with my three children, it's not usually a site that I get to spend that much time… — Todd McFarlane
When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job. Once you enter the public's eye, you have… — Brigitte Nielsen

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