"The ingredients of a hamburger seldom vary. It's a percentage of fat to lean meat, add salt and prepare and that's it. It shouldn't need a recipe."
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"Nothing comes of severity if there be no leanings towards a change of heart. And if there be natural leanings towards a change of heart, what need for severity?"
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"You don't need spirituality to discover the troubles that come your way. But, it's good to know that troubles are not unique to you alone."
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"A girl can talk about my nose, my teeth or my accent - anything that gets a conversation going is fine with me. It is weird, though, the way women respond to my body. Maybe 50 percent respond positively right away, while another 25 or 30 percent need a while to adjust to my size and to realize that ordinarily my muscles are soft, just like anyone's, only bigger."
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"Whatever I thought might hold me back, I avoided. I crossed girls off my list, except as tools for my sexual needs."
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"The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply."
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"All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering."
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"All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering."
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"The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more."
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"If you lead a simple life, and that story is written, then that story will not satisfy. It needs an angle. Suppose there is no angle?"
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"All you need is the blues. To me, the blues is the book, it's the bible, it's everything."
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"You deserve to need me, not to have me."
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"All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do."
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"The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war."
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"It is incorrect to say there have been no reforms at all in Burma; there have of course been reforms, but we still need to do more for the people. To become a democratic society we have to continually be reforming."
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"Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through."
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"I don't need to be crazy rich and crazy famous. I would just like to keep going."
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"A spirit, too, needs fuel. It can run dry."
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"To achieve, you need thought"
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"The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power."
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