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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and… — Irving Babbitt
If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Familial love can find an echo in our own hearts just as it did in that of Charles Dickens. — Peter Ackroyd
It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one. — Sebastian Bach
Kids don't go out and buy CDs, they make their own, they download them from the Internet. — Sebastian Bach
People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. — Michele Bachmann
We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right in his own… — Michele Bachmann
I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. — Kevin Bacon
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt… — Francis Bacon
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. — Robert Baden-Powell
What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else,… — Erykah Badu
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to… — Walter Bagehot
I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I… — Amy Adams
He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr
I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. — Ansel Adams
There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes… — James A. Baldwin
I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene. — Christian Bale
Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them… — 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
We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be… — Christian Bale
You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be… — Christian Bale
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get… — Alan Ball
Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV. — Alan Ball

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