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• Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Doubt, Denial, May

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• Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Jealous, Reality, Losing

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.115, 谷月社

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• If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

  Kathryn Bigelow

  Movie, Inspiring, Sex

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't know if I thrive in normal life.

  Kathryn Bigelow

  Normal, Thrive, Knows

  Kathryn Bigelow, Peter Keough (2013). “Kathryn Bigelow: Interviews”, p.160, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

  Buffalo Bill

  Horse, Way, Guides

  Buffalo Bill (1939). “Life and Adventures of "Buffalo Bill."”, Ayer Company Pub

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• If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Happiness, Happy

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• If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Perfection, World

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• If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

  Josh Billings

  Life, Faith, Safety

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• In a building with apartments, of course, you want to make connections. Life is easier that way. There's salt if you don't have salt; you can knock at someone's door, like in any city. But you know, you can hear the others, and you want to sleep, you get annoyed.

  Juliette Binoche

  Sleep, Doors, Cities

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• Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

  Brad Bird

  Creating, Illusion, Animation

  "The 77th Annual Academy Awards". Music, www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

  Larry Bird

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

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• I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Being Strong, Practice

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

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• Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.

  Bjork

  Girl, Support, Feminist

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• I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay.

  Claudia Black

  Home, Thinking, Way

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• The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly against the volume of such emissions.

  Conrad Black

  Doe, Natural, Volume

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• If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.

  Jack Black

  Band, Made, Runners

  FaceBook post by Jack Black from Aug 24, 2013

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• People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.

  Lewis Black

  Being Single, People, Would Be

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• If we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare.

  Lewis Black

  Class, Warfare, Rich

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• My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform.

  Lewis Black

  People, Uniforms, Problem

  "A Lewis 'Black Christmas' With The USO". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. November 4, 2010.

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• When it comes to idiots, America's got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would be a source that would never run out.

  Lewis Black

  Running, America, Energy

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• If I get a week off, I'll go to a hotel that has a golf course. I like to come downstairs and go right onto the course. I'll do that five days in a row.

  Lewis Black

  Golf, Week, Hotel

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• I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I talk fast, and they're not used to people talking that fast.

  Lewis Black

  Talking, People, Littles

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, tv.avclub.com. June 7, 2006.

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• I've been very lucky. There are guys I know who are really terrific in this business of stand-up who have not gotten the recognition they deserve. And it's nice, if you've put in the time, to achieve that recognition.

  Lewis Black

  Nice, Guy, Lucky

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• If you yell about one woman, you're not a misogynist. If I yell about Michelle Bachman, that doesn't make me a misogynist. If I compare all women to Michelle Bachman, then I'm a misogynist.

  Lewis Black

  Compare, One Woman

  "Lewis Black's Life Advice for Millennials" by Gwynne Watkins, www.gq.com. August 22, 2013.

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• When you're fund-raising for schools, then something's wrong. We seem to have lost some sort of sense of what the common good is, and if you don't have a sense of what the common good is, then at least give to what you think your specific goods are.

  Lewis Black

  School, Thinking, Giving

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