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Quotes by American Authors

"I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things."

"I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things."

Robert Urich, American Actor

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"Politics is show business for ugly people."

"Politics is show business for ugly people."

Paul Begala, American Journalist

Business, Politics, People, Ugly

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"Most things I worry about never happen anyway."

"Most things I worry about never happen anyway."

Tom Petty, American Musician

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"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."

"Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk."

Edward Weston, American Photographer

Photography, Consulting, Gravity, Laws, Rules

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"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."

"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."

Sally Field, American Actress

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"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

E. L. Doctorow, American Author

Driving, Night, Writing

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"We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months."

"We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months."

Lacey Chabert, American Actress

London, Months, Space

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"We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat."

"We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat."

Sonny Bono, American Musician

Love, People, Environment

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"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable."

"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

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"To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest."

"To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

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"I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me."

"I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

Reason, Talking

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"The more I see of men, the more I like dogs."

"The more I see of men, the more I like dogs."

Clara Bow, American Actress

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"I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid."

"I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

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"I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking down the street and some schizo guy comes up to you and vomits on you: You wouldn't be hurt by that, you'd just think it's weird."

"I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking down the street and some schizo guy comes up to you and vomits on you: You wouldn't be hurt by that, you'd just think it's weird."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

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"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."

"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Peace, Absence, Chaos, Tranquility

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"One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes."

"One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

Love, Art, Deep

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"I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me."

"I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me."

Vincent Gallo, American Actor

Gay, Interest, Support

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"It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually."

"It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

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"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes."

"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes."

Bob Uecker, American Athlete

Man, Men, Clothes

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"You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing."

"You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing."

Jean Stafford, American Writer

Hope, Nothing, Now, Want

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"Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement."

"Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement."

Brent Musburger, American Celebrity

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"Food is our common ground, a universal experience."

"Food is our common ground, a universal experience."

James Beard, American Author

Experience, Food

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"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

Friendship, Americans, Friends, Illness, Sanity

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"I realize that when I moved out of my father's house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of my own, a space of my own to reinvent myself."

"I realize that when I moved out of my father's house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of my own, a space of my own to reinvent myself."

Sandra Cisneros, American Author

Family, Father, Space

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"Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced."

"Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced."

Ned Rorem, American Composer

Inspirational, Inspiration, Act, Memory

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"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

John Adams, American President

Government, People, Constitution, Religious

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"Truth is the greatest marketing campaign."

"Truth is the greatest marketing campaign."

Richie Norton, American Author

Marketing, Truth, Honesty, Perception

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"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Justice, History, People, Silence, Tragedy

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"Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!"

"Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!"

Merle Haggard, American Musician

Time, Drugs, Want

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"It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."

"It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech."

Mark Twain, American Author

Creativity, Speech

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"Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?"

"Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?"

Richard J. Daley, American Politician

Government, Perfection

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"If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction."

"If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction."

Scott Turow, American Novelist

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"In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10."

"In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

First, Girls, Night

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"If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."

"If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."

Woody Allen, American Director

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"I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women."

"I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Woman, Women, Day, End

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"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."

"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Attitude, Positive, Problems

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"The Titanic will protect itself."

"The Titanic will protect itself."

Robert D. Ballard, American Scientist

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"Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

"Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

Saul Alinsky, American Activist

Power, Enemy, First

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"Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level."

"Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level."

Brad Bird, American Cartoonist

Time, Work, Thought, Theater

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"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Freedom, Government, Newspapers

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"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever."

"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

Force, Population

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"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."

"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."

John Powell, American Composer

Mistake, Nothing

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"If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly."

"If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Influence, Environment, Behavior, Choice

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"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."

"My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small."

Alanna Ubach, American Actress

Appearance, Being, Favorite

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"You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know."

"You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

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"Toots said to me, 'I gotta hand it to him, thought, when he got into the big money, he came by and handed me the cash, saying, 'Here's what I'm sure I owe you.'"

"Toots said to me, 'I gotta hand it to him, thought, when he got into the big money, he came by and handed me the cash, saying, 'Here's what I'm sure I owe you.'"

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

Money, Thought, Saying

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"The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians."

"The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians."

Lynn Westmoreland, American Politician

Woman, Women, Difference, Faces, Politicians

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"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

John C. Maxwell, American Clergyman

Man, Mistakes, Profit

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"It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us."

"It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Men, People, America, Philosophy

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"You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own."

"You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own."

Mark Victor Hansen, American Businessman

Dream, Dreams, Control, Goals, Destiny

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