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All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it.

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.

I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more.

When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans' fears about the future.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.