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A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.

I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives.

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story.

I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.

I don't know about you, but I can tell when someone's lying. They can't look you in the eye - they look you in the bridge of your nose.

After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people.

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.

You can always tell when the groove is working or not.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.

Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.

I never would rule out a great character or a great story. I don't care what the forum is. If I get to tell a story that I'm excited about, I'm in.

Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else.

I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be.

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

Even to me, as I was trying to tell the government what had happened, it just didn't seem to matter.

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

You walk into any supermarket or any shopping mall and ask the public what they are worried about. Not one of them will tell you they are worried about 12 years of Mitt Romney's tax returns.

I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly.

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.

The real secrets are not the ones I tell.