Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Ambrose Bierce

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DrunkExcuseConvenientGetting

The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.

Jill Robinson

ResponsibilityCommitmentHappyDream

It's pretty traumatic knowing that your instrument that's your career isn't working, and you've got to have an operation.

Jess Glynne

YouCareerKnowingPrettyWorking

The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that movie because De Niro never allowed me any room to be crazy. If I had tried to play it the way I would normally play it and get hysterical, Bobby would punch me.

Jerry Lewis

KingMeCrazyComedyPlayWay

I've always really loved the '20s and the whole Art Deco time. I just think it was just the most amazing era for style and design.

Jenny Packham

TimeStyleArtAmazingThinkLoved

All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously.

Jeremy Davies

MyselfDesireSeriouslyEducateVery

We need a comprehensive focus on infrastructure that supports not just transportation but also broadband, education, healthcare, and our environment.

John Hickenlooper

EducationFocusHealthcareNeedJust

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

Suga

GoodMusicWorryWonderWantWill

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that 'cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

Tory Lanez

MusicKindNeverUpThingsUs

I grew up in a lot of different places, so I pick up accents pretty quickly.

Ruth Negga

PlacesUpPrettyDifferentAccents

New York is my, you know, second hometown.

Masaharu Morimoto

New YorkHometownYouNewKnowYork

If advertising is not an official or state art, it is nonetheless clearly art.

Michael Schudson

ArtAdvertisingClearlyState

Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'

Mo Ibrahim

WomanManChildPeopleSayKnows

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