"I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering."
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"I've seen the needle And the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie's Like a settin' sun."
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"I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time"
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"I've never hanged a man. It is the law that has done it."
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"Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself."
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"They look at me, and you can see they're looking at a ghost. They were all getting the K. C. Jeebies hardcore. Dave said, "She is so much like Kurt." They were all talking amongst themselves, rehashing old stories I'd heard a million times. I was sitting in a chair, chain-smoking, looking down like this [affects total boredom]. And they went, "You are doing exactly what your father would have done.""
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"We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed."
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"Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?"
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"Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand."
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"After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent."
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"My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people."
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"Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it."
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"When prayers are done, my Lady is ready."
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"Genuine religion is not about speculating about God or the soul or about what happened in the past or will happen in the future; it cares only about one thing finding out exactly what should or should not be done in this lifetime."
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"Emit gratitude as though it was done"
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"I am savage about what has been done to the United States by its rulers."
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"Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way."
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"Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done, and establish a rule the dictates of reason and conscience, rather than of the angry passions."
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"Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well."
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"Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be forgotten."
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