"I'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite."
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"Some things are better done than said."
"The motivation is doing for doing, not [for] having done."
"I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind."
"I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done."
"If you have fame, you never feel that you have fame, if you have the brains of a flea. Because fame is something that's over back of you. It ain't ahead.... Not ahead at all. I mean, if you've done it that's great, but "what are you going to do now?" is the only thing that matters."
"We will be thankful and grateful. Not even the last thing that is done for us shall be forgotten."
"One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done."
"Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose."
"When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return."
"Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good."
"There's a love that never changes, no matter what you've done."
"Persevere and get it done."
"Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike."
"I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to others what has been done to them. . . . I know the spiritual wasteland to which that road leads . . . whoever debases others is debasing himself."
"A woman told me her child was autistic, and I thought she said artistic. So I said, 'Oh great. I'd like to see some of the things he's done."
"If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said."
"Different fights bring out different things. I consider myself a seasoned professional. I have done things in the gym that have not come out yet. People would be amazed if they saw me train."
"Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own sake are their own justification."
"Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself."