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  • Winston Churchill When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Abraham Lincoln When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Anthony Minghella When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money.
    Anthony Minghella
    British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954 - 2008)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, ALWAYS.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Ben Schwartz When I do the roles, when I'm in the room and auditioning, I'll ask the director if they're cool with me adding stuff, or just improvising while we're doing it. And I would say, like, 90 percent of the time, they say, 'Absolutely.'
    Ben Schwartz
    American actor, comedian, writer and producer (1981 - )
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  • Jeanette Winterson When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself.
    Source: The Passion (2007) 154
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler When I first asked my boxing coach, two-time Olympic champion Hector Vinent, what made the Cuban style of fighting distinct from the rest of the world, he smiled and told me to sit on a bench in Prado and watch the Cuban women walk.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bob Newhart When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley Berman, Nichols & May, Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl. We were considered 'sick.'
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Bill Hader When I got to 'Saturday Night Live,' it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Beth Grant When I hit New York in 1972, I thought I was a sprinter. I thought that I would star in a Broadway show and do a movie and win an Oscar by the time I was 25. It turned out that I'm a long distance runner.
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Butch Trucks When I listened to Elvin Jones, man, for the first time I heard a drummer that had all the technique plus emotion, passion, feel, and just - good God!
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Ann Beattie When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Ben Affleck When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Brigitte Bardot When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • Carla Bruni When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time, and then we became friends. And then we lost touch, which I'm really sorry about.
    Carla Bruni
    Italian-French singer-songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Abdallah II When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
    Abdallah II
    Jordan King (1962 - )
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  • Bob Seger When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.
    Bob Seger
    American singer, songwriter and musician (1945 - )
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  • Bill Clinton When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it, and I didn't inhale, and I never tried again.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Brendan Coyle When I was in my 30s, I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I'd had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought, 'It's time to have a look at yourself.'
    Brendan Coyle
    English-Irish actor (1962 - )
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