 Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject. Author: A. A. Milne
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| If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. Author: A. A. Milne
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| You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. Author: A. A. Milne
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| You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. Author: A. A. Milne
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| And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so. Author: A. B. Yehoshua
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| I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples. Author: A. B. Yehoshua
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| One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more. Author: A. B. Yehoshua
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| The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people. Author: A. B. Yehoshua
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| We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory. Author: A. B. Yehoshua
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| Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building. Author: A. Bartlett Giamatti
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| There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew. Author: A. Bartlett Giamatti
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| People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. Author: A. C. Benson
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| Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. Author: A. E. Housman
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| The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me. Author: A. E. Housman
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| But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer. Author: A. E. van Vogt
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| You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. Author: A. E. van Vogt
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| My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong. Author: A. J. Foyt
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| You have to trust your body to take care of you. Author: A. J. Langer
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| People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. Author: A. J. Liebling
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| But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear. Author: A. J. McLean
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| I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world. Author: A. J. McLean
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| Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible. Author: A. J. McLean
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| We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life. Author: A. J. Muste
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| Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else. Author: A. J. P. Taylor
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| I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. Author: A. N. Wilson
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| People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. Author: A. P. Herbert
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| The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. Author: A. P. Herbert
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| I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change. Author: A. R. Ammons
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| You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off. Author: A. R. Ammons
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| A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer. Author: A. Whitney Brown
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| I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget. Author: Aaliyah
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| I have the time needed to support the album and tour. Author: Aaliyah
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| I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing. Author: Aaliyah
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| I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin. Author: Aaliyah
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| I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person. Author: Aaliyah
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| If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing. Author: Aaliyah
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| You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday. Author: Aaliyah
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| Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction. Author: Aaron Allston
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| If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain? Author: Aaron Allston
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| There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them. Author: Aaron Allston
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| I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first. Author: Aaron Brown
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| Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. Author: Aaron Carter
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| When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called "Dead End." The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff. Author: Aaron Carter
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| If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong. Author: Aaron Copland
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| So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. Author: Aaron Copland
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| But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I'm allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| When it gets down to it you just have to act. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| Reason gains all people by compelling none. Author: Aaron Hill
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| However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively involved in the teaching of undergraduates, as well as of course supervising research students. Author: Aaron Klug
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| And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it. Author: Aaron McGruder
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| The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy. Author: Aaron McGruder
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| We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb. Author: Aaron McGruder
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| We have, essentially, a worthless democracy. Author: Aaron McGruder
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| You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that. Author: Aaron McGruder
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| You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise. Author: Aaron McGruder
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| I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me. Author: Aaron Neville
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| I just sing. You have to use it. Author: Aaron Neville
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| I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches. Author: Aaron Neville
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| It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great. Author: Aaron Neville
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| So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday. Author: Aaron Neville
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| Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. Author: Aaron Siskind
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| We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs. Author: Aaron Siskind
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| Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for. Author: Aaron Sorkin
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| Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep. Author: Aaron Sorkin
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| It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling. Author: Aaron Sorkin
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| A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows? Author: Aaron Spelling
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| I don't remember a drama on TV that had shown a couple could be married but still love each other very much, spend every day as if they were still on their honeymoon, be sensuous, and have fun together. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| I must tell you, I haven't done the drug problem that is faced by cops and people on the border. It's a hard show to do, but I think it's going to say a lot about drugs and the problems related to them. I just hope people can watch it, it's a pretty strong show. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we? Author: Aaron Spelling
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| It's OK to do cute little things like kissing a turtle, but you can't kiss another person because he's a different color? Give me a break. And you have to remember, I'm from Dallas, Texas. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don't like hair changes unless there's a reason for it. Clothing - I don't like to see an outfit worn more than one time in an hour - you can wear it again a few weeks later. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| We do 32 episodes a season and will have shot 267 episodes by the end of the ninth season... It's impossible to sell that many episodes in the foreign market. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus. Author: Aaron Yoo
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| A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement. Author: Abba Eban
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| Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals. Author: Abba Eban
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| History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Author: Abba Eban
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| Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. Author: Abba Eban
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| Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. Author: Abba Eban
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| It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act. Author: Abbe Pierre
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| People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands. Author: Abbe Pierre
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| When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives. Author: Abbe Pierre
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| I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes. Author: Abbey Lincoln
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| I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a radio on the farm, and it was during the second World War. I had three brothers in that war who went overseas. Author: Abbey Lincoln
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| I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow. Author: Abbey Lincoln
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| I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music. Author: Abbey Lincoln
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| It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. Author: Abbey Lincoln
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| There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be. Author: Abbey Lincoln
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| I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| Never impose your language on people you wish to reach. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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| The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do. Author: Abbie Hoffman
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