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Leo Tolstoy Quotes

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits.

Leo Tolstoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: russian
Birth: September 9, 1828 - November 20, 1910

Topics

Lie Law Limits Way Outside Within

If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt pretentious. It would seem like I'm trying to dodge something. I love my family and have such respect for their work, for their career and talents, and I'm very proud to be connected with them.

Maya Hawke

Work Family Love Respect Proud Name

Americans just don't understand dry wit.

John Oliver

Understand Wit Dry Just

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

John Landis

Success Great Comedy Kind Horror TV

I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.

Sigourney Weaver

Job Yourself Think Key You Acting

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

Tom Lehrer

People Wish Trouble I Wish Shut Up

I think the UFC's done a great job of building the brand, building the UFC, building MMA.

Robbie Lawler

Great Job Building Think Brand Done

Scott Walker has provided some really excellent leadership in Wisconsin.

Ron Johnson

Leadership Excellent Wisconsin Some

Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam.

Ron Paul

War Think Party Stop Republican

When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.

Mike Myers

School High School University High

Everyone - particularly my female friends I speak to - all say 'I wouldn't be in my twenties again if I was paid.' It's a difficult time.

Miranda Hart

Time Speak Friends Say Difficult

As a child I wanted to become an architect.

Chris Hughes

Child Become Architect Wanted

How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank.

Christopher Meloni

Doing Year Strike Bank First Season