"When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?"
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"When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer."
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"George Burns . . . the only man I know who does fool Mother Nature."
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"Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others."
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"Do it [stand-up comedy] because it feels like the right thing to do. Do it because you don't want to do anything else. There is something in you that does not want you to do anything else other than comedy."
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"Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry."
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"I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it."
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"You just keep moving forward and doing what you do, and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does."
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"When someone comes up and says something like, 'I am a god,' everybody says 'Who does he think he is?' I just told you who I thought I was. A god. I just told you. That's who I think I am."
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"Hagrid howled still more loudly. Harry and Hermione looked at Ron to help them. 'Er-shall I make a cup of tea?' said Ron. Harry stared at him. 'It's what my mum does whenever someone's upset,' Ron muttered, shrugging."
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"Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble."
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"The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man."
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"The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent."
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"It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living."
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"He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world."
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"That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false. ... Rather, how much more admirable the painting must be considered, if having no relief at all, it appears to have as much as sculpture!"
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"Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest."
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"People always say 'Motivation is great but it doesn't last.' I just tell them, bathing does not last either, that is why I recommend it daily."
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"Once a need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator. Satisfaction does not increase motivation"
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"I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects"
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