Sonya Levien Quotes

The ugly is very appealing to man. It's instinct. One shrinks from the ugly, yet wants to look at it. There's a devilish fascination in it. We extract pleasure from horror.

Sonya Levien

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I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.

Melissa Rauch

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Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.

John Lewis

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Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the State. Above all, the citizens of a free nation should honor the brave and independent man - the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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'Parsifal' is one of the great examples in art of a work that transcends the personality of the man who wrote it.

Simon Rattle

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Whenever I'm with my boys, we go out together, and not always to a certain party or anything. It's just always a lot of laughs.

Rob Gronkowski

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I wear cheap shoes. I don't even wear socks.

Rodrigo Duterte

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I have rage and anger issues. So I get mad about stuff in real life, and then I yell about it onstage, and luckily, something funny ends up coming out. What I'll do is tape-record it, and it will end up coming out even funnier. And I add more punch lines.

Lisa Lampanelli

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I love old school rock and roll.

Don Lemon

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It's the cross-training that's key. It doesn't let your body adapt to one stimulus too much and it keeps your workouts exciting.

Brett Hoebel

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You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

Bryan Cranston

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It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.

Anne Tyler

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I became so disciplined when I was on tag. I would be at home by eight o'clock, and because I had boxing, I lived the disciplined life. I started reading because I learnt that so many champions educated themselves. Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins. Before, it was 'act now, think later' - but the discipline and reading changed me.

Anthony Joshua

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