"But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us."
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"I've never had a chance to go to the Finals, and I don't have a ring - and that would be the only thing that would get me to think about it."
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"Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal."
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"In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary."
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"He foresaw that she would be very much more useful to him in the character of a free woman."
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"Obviously, not everybody who dies becomes a ghost, otherwise those who are psychic would be aware of shouldering through deep crowds of assorted shades every time they moved."
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"The thing is, my appearance – that’s never been my moneymaker. I’m fine being small. I’m fine being all the things I am. And I’m happy I’m not supposed to be on the 50 Most Beautiful list all the time, because that would be super f**king stressful."
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"With doing the movies I've done I don't think I would be half the person I am today."
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"We believe Frederick Nietzsche couldn't have been more right when he said 'without music, life would be a mistake."
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"His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything."
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"It would be unjust, and moreover Utopian, for Shakespeare to direct the shoemakers' union. But it would be equally disastrous forthe shoemakers' union to ignore Shakespeare."
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"Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula."
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"I have an odd fetish with nails. I was always doing beauty blogs about nails, and it would be on Fridays called Fridays Fingertip Fetish. It became so popular that a nail polish company approached me, and Fingertip Fetish was born."
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"I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong."
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"To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie."
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"It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future."
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"There is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved."
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"On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture."
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"I wanted to retain my individuality. I was afraid of being hampered by studio policies. I knew if someone else got control, I would be restrained."
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"In an inflationary world, a toll bridge (like company) would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital costs. You built it in old dollars and you don't have to keep replacing it."
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