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"I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself."
Rodney Dangerfield
"I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself."
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"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
Cullen Hightower
"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
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"It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility."
Estelle Morris
"It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility."
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"Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for halloween everyday."
Gwen Stefani
"Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for halloween everyday."
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"For me, being in front of the camera and training go hand in hand."
Kiana Tom
"For me, being in front of the camera and training go hand in hand."
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"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
Herman Wouk
"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
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"When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with."
Michael Davis
"When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with."
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"Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count."
Kin Hubbard
"Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count."
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"I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be."
Agnes Smedley
"I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be."
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"Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to."
Stuart Appleby
"Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to."
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"Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed."
Richard Morris
"Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed."
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"Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses."
Thomas Kuhn
"Rather than being an interpreter, the scientist who embraces a new paradigm is like the man wearing inverting lenses."
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"You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off."
Michael Gambon
"You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off."
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"Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared."
Michael Korda
"Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared."
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"Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman."
George Soros
"Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman."
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"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."
William Westmoreland
"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."
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"Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director."
Michael Tilson Thomas
"Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director."
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"I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before."
Cat Stevens
"I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before."
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"But when I was doing the KKK I had constant nightmares of being exposed as a Jew and lynched by the Klan."
Jon Ronson
"But when I was doing the KKK I had constant nightmares of being exposed as a Jew and lynched by the Klan."
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"Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times."
Shawn Ashmore
"Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times."
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"They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up."
Lenny Kravitz
"They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up."
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"The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact."
William Hurt
"The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact."
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"This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being."
Don Johnson
"This is what I do for a living. It's not who I am as a human being."
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"I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall."
George Weinberg
"I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall."
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"I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit."
Carter G. Woodson
"I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit."
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"Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it."
Cesar Romero
"Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it."
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"Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films."
Catherine Deneuve
"Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films."
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"But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House."
Sidney Blumenthal
"But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House."
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"If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar."
John Henry Newman
"If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar."
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"And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important."
Minoru Yamasaki
"And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important."
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"I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am."
Jai Rodriguez
"I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am."
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"Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today."
William L. Jenkins
"Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today."
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"First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete."
Bo Jackson
"First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete."
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"I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered."
Kathleen Turner
"I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered."
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"Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path."
Andy Hertzfeld
"Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
Beth Henley
"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist."
Russell Baker
"The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist."
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"But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that."
Juliette Binoche
"But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that."
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"I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else."
Alan Ladd
"I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else."
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"Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep."
Dave Barry
"Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep."
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"Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?"
Babe Ruth
"Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?"
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"I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being."
Cameron Diaz
"I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being."
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"Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril."
William Lloyd Garrison
"Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril."
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"Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions."
Shawn Ashmore
"Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions."
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"I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence."
Bob Graham
"I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence."
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"The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy."
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"I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper."
Moliere
"I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper."
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"At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual."
Alanis Morissette
"At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual."
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"No person who denies the existence of a supreme being shall hold any office under this Constitution."
Michael Newdow
"No person who denies the existence of a supreme being shall hold any office under this Constitution."
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"I would just sketch everything that was being made for the collections."
Stephen Sprouse
"I would just sketch everything that was being made for the collections."
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