Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.
P. J. O'Rourke
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I read 'Another Country' when I was in my early 20s, you know, as soon as I put the book down, my first thought was, 'I will never be able to write a book like this.' And my second thought was, 'I really want to try writing a book like this for the 21st century.'
Jess Row
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I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.
Jeremy Irons
ManMeSandYouLookKnow
All lives have an equal value.
Melinda Gates
ValueEqualLives
Stories are great, but at the end of the day, you remember that moment and that moment and that moment. 'The Avengers' had all of this great, giant action, but for all of the clever dialogue, it's the moments.
Jeffrey Bell
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I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.
John Updike
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Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
Stephen Hawking
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I like making people laugh, so drama was never a big leap for me.
Luke Hemsworth
PeopleMeLaughDramaLeapNever
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves.
Derek Walcott
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Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.
Debbie Reynolds
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'Whale Talk' is a tough book, but it is also a compassionate book about telling the truth and about redemption. I didn't draw the tough parts out of thin air; they are stories handed to me by people in pain.
Chris Crutcher
TruthPainPeopleMeBookTough
Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.
Claire McCaskill
Common SenseCountryMeanRightOwn
I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.
Brian Sandoval
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