All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.
“light up a lifetime” conveys the idea that hope can have a lasting, life-altering impact.
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All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn’t look at Palin, I’d look at Barack Obama.
I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again – as I always am when I write.
We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, ‘Damn, we’re Americans,’ and smile.
If I wrote a musical it wouldn’t be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place.
You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful.
I’ve played villains on stage – you know, the Iagos and so on – but I think of myself as a funny person. I mostly did comedies before I did TV work.
The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from… Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
I don’t know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don’t know any criminals.
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Almost every venerable tradition at a men’s club starts out as a joke.