I work when I work, and that is often dictated by the things I cannot control.
Rumaan Alam
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Modern culture is a tremendous force.
John Gresham Machen
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And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it.
Mel Tillis
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There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.
John Lewis
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I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?' It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, 'Right, but 'People' magazine could just take this one quote and take it out of context.'
Anna Kendrick
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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.
Roddy Doyle
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Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.
Jason Reitman
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I'll say that technology will make revolutions start happening faster, but it'll make them harder to finish. Technology can't create leaders and cause institutions to appear.
Jared Cohen
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A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.
Apolo Ohno
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The years of imprisonment hardened me... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life... there is no longer anything I can fear.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx
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A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.
Eugene Delacroix
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People like comfort; that's natural. But as for making money simply for the sake of making it, and giving yourself far more trouble and anxiety to gain it than you can ever get pleasure from it when it's gained, why, as for me, I'd rather sit still and cross my arms.
Emile Zola
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