"And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely."
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"Don't worry about where you are. Watch the first derivative."
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"When I am at home, I never watch TV, but when I am abroad in a hotel I take a look at the BBC to find out what's going on."
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"If you watch my Instagram and the quotes I wrote, everything is personal and it's all coming from me."
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"I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies."
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"I watch a lot of Turner Classic movies. But I don't do private screenings. I don't have the old school, reel to reel projectors. I do have a big screen TV, though."
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"Jay Carney told the reporters at his morning briefing that he hoped they would watch the new movie about Obama's first term 'many times.' They might. Look how well 'Titanic' did at the box office."
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"Cheryl [Hines] and I sat through two screenings at the Sundance Film Festival and during the second one, we said to each other: "You know, we don't have to get sad about this. Let's try to enjoy this. Let's just watch it. It's a happy movie [Waitress].""
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"The first thing I notice about a man are his shoes. Then I look at his watch."
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"I had to watch the Republican stuff which makes me feel even older than I am. By the time I get through the Democrats, I may be dead. I don't know how much older I can get."
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"If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'"
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"I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work."
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"So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And that's how I suspect a lot of people do it."
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"You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing."
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"The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . ."
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"If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality."
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"I get a feeling of peace from a low so high, as I sit in my chair and watch life go by."
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"I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose"."
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"I should go. Stewart’s waitin’ for me. Says he wants to teach me how to use a sword properly.’ Riley hooted. ‘Can I watch? This should be totally hilarious.’ ‘Ya’ve got no respect woman.’ Beck retorted. After the door closed behind him she realized what he’d said. ‘Woman?’ He wasn’t calling her girl any longer."
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"Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant time. It is true that you are quietly shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front seat as spectator, and if you have really played your part you are more content to sit down and watch."
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