Alex Karpovsky Quotes

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

Alex Karpovsky

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'West To A Land Of Plenty' shows a family heading west, first on board a train, and then going into areas as yet untamed by rail by way of an ox-drawn wagon.

Jim Murphy

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Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.

Robert Smithson

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I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.

Steve Earle

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A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Stephen Leacock

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Every fight's like that. You try to break the guy's will.

Stipe Miocic

FightYouWillTryBreakGuy

Being a kid and growing up in Cleveland, the Tonys were how you saw Broadway shows: you got to hear from each show, and that's what inspired me to live my dream, so the fact that I am getting recognition from them, it's mind-blowing.

Rory O'Malley

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I started out as a defender. I played as a full-back, and then I moved into the centre. I played defence right the way through until the Under-18s. Honestly!

Roberto Firmino

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I grew up a plumber's son in Philadelphia.

Mike Vogel

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I was haunted by a bear attack that happened in Algonquin Park in 1991. The problem was that I don't believe in ghosts, so that ruled out an exorcism. My other choice was to start writing.

Claire Cameron

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An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.

Boris Becker

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Growing up in eastern Germany, I knew of Superman, but he didn't resonate emotionally with me.

Antje Traue

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Parliament's job is to conduct discussions. But many a time, Parliament is used to ignore issues, and in such situations, obstruction of Parliament is in the favour of democracy. Therefore, parliamentary obstruction is not undemocratic.

Arun Jaitley

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