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You can talk about movies all you want, but I have this porcelain fetish. I've had it since I was a kid, because there were so many kids in my family, the only place I had any solace was in the bathroom.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about family

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially...

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about wine

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous, by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

Quote by James Payn about philosophy, poverty, hope

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You...

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

Quote by Jane Fonda about opinion, power, human imperfections, being, people

My sun sets to raise again.

My sun sets to raise again.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about sun

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about art, magic, man

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

Quote by John Galliano

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then?...

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about shame, fire, fire brigade, life

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about existence, problems, mind, work

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues, there is...

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues, there is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

Quote by Mohammed Omar about opinion, destruction

The man, when loses his onesty, has nothing else to lose.

The man, when loses his onesty, has nothing else to lose.

Quote by Cilibi Moise about honesty, nothing, man

Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we...

Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done.

Quote by Alex Van Halen about moment

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished...

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.

Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about opinion, genius, children

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and...

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.

Quote by Camille Paglia about religion, bodybuilding, mathematics, sport, science, art, magic, nature

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that...

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

Quote by Derek Bailey

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice...

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about vice, law

After any salary raise, you will have less money at the...

After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you did before.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, money, end

I know what it's like to be a young actor.

I know what it's like to be a young actor.

Quote by Peter Fonda about actors

I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral, and, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco.

Quote by Rosie O'Donnell about change, people

The Word was given to mortals for them to transmit their...

The Word was given to mortals for them to transmit their thoughts and the word was given to wise people for them to hide their thoughts.

Quote by Robert South about word, people

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my...

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Quote by Thomas Paine about opinion, children, peace, day

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Quote by Henry Fielding about conscience, things

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two...

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Quote by Audrey Hepburn about help

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

Quote by Herodotus about ignorance, knowledge, good, good luck

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, ...

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about talent, man, gifts

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance....

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.

Quote by Princess Diana about world

If prayers would spread so fast as anecdotes, the prisons...

If prayers would spread so fast as anecdotes, the prisons would become monasteries and prisons monks.

Quote by Gavriil Stiharul about humor

The industrial revolution has tended to produce...

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about revolution

I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing.

Quote by Derek Bailey about music, being

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're...

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.

Quote by Kurt Donald Cobain about friendship, heads, happiness

I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

Quote by Elton John about world

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about life

So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up.

So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up.

Quote by William Shakespeare about nature

I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud...

I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about work, actors

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

Quote by Aeschylus about god, gifts

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, ...

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about politics

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