We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong.
Roxane Gay
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It was just - I mean, 6,000 people giving you a standing ovation is quite an experience.
Michael Cimino
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Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison cell, life is what you make of it.
Stefan Karl Stefansson
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For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
Simone Weil
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If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious.
Tom Hiddleston
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Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.
Rose Namajunas
MyselfMeEnergyFightingYou
Imagination is an instrument of survival.
Rogier van der Heide
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Everyone has opportunities and different doors that are opened to them in different ways. In the end, if you're talented you'll get work, if you're not, you won't, so it doesn't really matter who you know.
Rumer Willis
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The one thing that's depressing as a comedian to realize is that rock stars get groupies, and comedians don't.
Matt Besser
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I just kind of went from being a standup, one-man band, to then kind of breezing back and working with other people. And now I'm just trying to be a legitimate guy who pays the rent, you know.
Mike Binder
PeopleTryingYouBackKnowKind
Repetition is hell. How can we get out of those cycles of violence? How come we are still today talking about peace in Israel? How come we're not able to find a solution yet? Something that will bring peace in this part of the world? It's the same in a lot of places in the world right now. How come we are not able to find peace?
Denis Villeneuve
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You can work all your life and make all the waters in all the rivers on Earth drinkable, but if, when you die, you are not ready to meet God, it doesn't matter.
Anne Graham Lotz
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I was raised on a farm in Kansas where we lived next door to my Grandma Dew, and I was her shadow. We went everywhere together - to the bank, the doctor, the Early Bird Garden Club, and to an endless procession of Church meetings.
Sheri L. Dew
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