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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history… — Hannah Arendt
I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. — Dario Argento
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. — Richard Armour
I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more… — Dido Armstrong
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in… — Neil Armstrong
Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second. — Darren Aronofsky
This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down… — Joe Arpaio
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate… — Antonin Artaud
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that… — Isaac Asimov
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You… — Chinua Achebe
I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative… — Margaret Atwood
The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's… — Chinua Achebe
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at… — Saint Augustine
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. — Saint Augustine
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill. — Jane Austen
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It… — Paul Auster

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