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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not… — Amy Adams
As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries,… — Cleveland Abbe
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local… — Cleveland Abbe
The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors. — Amy Adams
Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God. — Abu Bakr
What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion. — Ralph Bakshi
I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive… — Mikhail Bakunin
One is born to be a great dancer. — George Balanchine
Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I have blond lashes. You could just paint my… — Amy Adams
I wish I could play the lead role in one movie, one great movie. — Alec Baldwin
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. — Ansel Adams
So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say,… — Christian Bale
There was a great complexity to my father. He was a devoted family man. But, in the same breath, he simply was not suited to… — Christian Bale
Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende
Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment… — Jan Peter Balkenende
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the… — Ansel Adams
As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and… — Alan Ball
There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team. — Bryan Adams
Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth… — Johnny Ball

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