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  • Bill Hader In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard before during the actual take.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Franz Kafka In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Bette Davis In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Bell Hooks In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Carl Honore In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Oscar Wilde In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Moyers In those days, affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small Texas town where I grew up were it not for affirmative action for Southern white boys.
    Help, speech to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 3 March 2007, Moyers on Democracy
    Bill Moyers
    American journalist (1934 - )
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  • Hitopadesa In time of danger it is proper to be alarmed until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.
    Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
    French author (1657 - 1757)
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  • Boris Pasternak In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Cal Thomas In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
    Cal Thomas
    American columnist and author (1942 - )
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  • Winston Churchill In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Plutarch In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Alexander Pope In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Brian P. Cleary In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.
    Brian P. Cleary
    American humorist and poet (1959 - )
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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Dale Carnegie Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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