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Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars. — Chevy Chase
It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by men, and most… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald,… — Ian Hart
A Johns Hopkins doctor says that 'we do not know why it is that the worriers die sooner than the non-worriers, but that is a… — E. Stanley Jones
I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cause they… — Terrence McNally
I couldn't resist. I went over and joined in, and we just sang the song together, ... They had no idea that I had written… — Neil Diamond
Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I gave… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by… — Heloise
More than any of us, she had written her own story; yet she could not wash it out with all her tears, return to her… — Unknown Author
'I beseech ye . . . , think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of every… — Learned Hand
I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and… — Benjamin Franklin
The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man -… — H. L. Mencken
Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable. . . . — Carl Sagan
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the moment of conception.… — Pope Francis
We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures. We succeeded because the time was right and the news… — Bernard Nathanson
As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely… — Oscar Wilde
More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more. — Bjarne Stroustrup
Ooh, it's too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic… — Gary Lineker
But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he said: 'how well… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
I was as secretive - indeed, as furtive - as any conspirator. Discovery, we knew, simply must not happen, or else all our time and… — Unknown Author
Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making fire, finding lovers… — Paulo Coelho
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking,… — Benjamin Disraeli
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe… — Gautama Buddha
Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Now everything that you do is written in red or black in Angel Gabriel's book. Not for everyone is this record kept, but only for… — G I Gurdjieff

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