It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
Charles Darwin
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I guess I have a strong constitution.
Melanie Lynskey
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Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something we can all agree to, but it became this huge battle and, you know, really, really a challenge.
John Hickenlooper
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At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!
John Hughes
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All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?
Studs Terkel
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Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and profound friendship to Israel, you know? I can't remember anybody who was in that sense negative as far as Israel is concerned.
Shimon Peres
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Any time you can take a book a little beyond the realm of pure entertainment, I think it's a good thing. But I don't really have it on my to-do list when I write a book. It just evolves naturally during the process of immersing yourself in a subject.
Mary Roach
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The most remarkable moment is when you go out on the stage and you hear the applause of the audience!
Mireille Mathieu
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Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.
Joseph P. Bradley
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History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?
Dick Cavett
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In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.
Derek Luke
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It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.
Deborah Eisenberg
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On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.
Coretta Scott King
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