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" Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent. "

I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.

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Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

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I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.

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You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

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I enjoy being characters rather than myself.

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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.

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I do regret, as I described in my book, the time that I shaved off half of my eyebrows thinking that I could draw them in better - and they would grow back anyway.

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I'm on the Internet a lot more than I watch TV and most everybody I know is, and yet if you watch most late-night talk shows, it's as if it doesn't even exist.

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If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

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Children need models rather than critics.

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I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

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Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

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We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record; it's one of the few true live records out there.

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Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

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I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.

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I went to four different proms in high school. I was addicted to the whole ballroom thing.

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There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

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Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

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I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.

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I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

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You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.

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The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.

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There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.

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I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.

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I trust my instincts.

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A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

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Including myself, the majority of the Korean people believe in this staunch alliance between Korea and the United States and all of us hope that our traditional alliance will be further strengthened in the future.

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The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working.

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Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

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We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results.

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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

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I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

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The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?

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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.

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In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.

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Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

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Where love is, there God is also.

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

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