I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately. ~Aaron Taylor Johnson
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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