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• An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a faith in our capacity for limitless self-improvement just as much a wide-eyed superstition as a faith in leprechauns.

  Terry Eagleton

  Self, Superstitions, Improvement

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• When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the mouth is more like a spear... also very suggestive... which penetrates the head with greater velocity, snagging bits of brain. From Beauty to the Beast.

  H. R. Giger

  Beautiful, Brain, Looks

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• I dont enjoy traveling in America. I dont like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.

  Carla Bley

  America, Car, Exotic

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• In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this sound out there that's just a little bit beyond my reach and I'm trying to get there and that just sort of keeps me going.

  Bill Frisell

  Play, Trying, Sound

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• The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers.

  Michael Shurtleff

  Actors, Easier, Ifs

  Michael Shurtleff (2009). “Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part”, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.

  Michael Franti

  Thinking, Inspire, Example

  "TERRA 240 - Bioneers - Part 1". Interview with George Potter, lifeonterra.com. 2007.

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• Every bit of land is a Holy land, and every drop of water is Holy water, and every single child is a son or a daughter of the one Earth mama, and the one Earth papa.

  Michael Franti

  Daughter, Children, Son

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• The power of God has not in the least bit been diminished over the past 2000 years. Our Lord still sits on His great throne and His train still fills the temple. He still walks on the wings of the wind, He still rides on the backs of the mighty cherubim, and He still is the Triumphant Champion from Calvary. All hell still bends to His will, and sin and death have lost their hold on all who rest in the shadow of His presence. And the God who calmed storms, raised up dead men to life, and multiplied fishes and loaves to feed thousands is the same God we have today.

  Eric Ludy

  Men, Past, Years

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• When you blow it, God still celebrates His Son in you. The litmus test of whether or not you understand the gospel is what you do when  you fail. Do you run from Him and go clean yourself up a little bit before you come back into the throne room? Or do you approach the throne of grace with confidence? If you don't approach the throne of grace with confidence, you don't understand the gospel.

  Matt Chandler

  Running, Son, Blow

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• Being called close-minded by religious people is a bit like being called yellow by a bunch of bananas.

  Pat Condell

  Religious, Yellow, People

  YouTube Channel "Pat Condell"/"Take Your God And Shove Him", www.youtube.com. August 21, 2008.

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• Dad made me laugh a lot. He was a real comedian. He had a real sarcastic sense of humour, he could really make a fool out of people. I have to watch it a little bit, because I caught that habit from him. I was really fond of him. He was my idol.

  Julian Lennon

  Sarcastic, Dad, Real

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• Some girls can skate but I personally believe that skateboarding is not for girls at all. Not one bit.

  Nyjah Huston

  Girl, Believe, Skateboarding

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• I mean, I understand that because they're disadvantaged that they deserve their own parking spots, but do they have to make them so wide? I never understood how these people were allowed to drive cars but they get these really neat chairs with wheels and they're still not happy, so instead of parking their wheelchairs in the designated spots, they upstage us normal people and get the best parking spots with vehicles that are clearly too sophisticated for them to be handling. Still, you should smile at a cripple, because it's the only bit of happiness they'll ever have.

  Zach Braff

  Mean, People, Car

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• Whenever I'm feeling a bit down, I always visit the local children's hospital. Knowing that those cancer-kids wont be able to live long enough to surpass me in fame just warms my heart, you know?

  Zach Braff

  Children, Cancer, Heart

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• You know, I've occasionally tried to watch other shows besides Scrubs, but comparing them is a bit like me competing in the special Olympics. Obviously I would win without contest, but the point is that they are trying their best.

  Zach Braff

  Winning, Special, Trying

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• When I was told they wanted the show to be about doctors, I was a bit reluctant to sign on, you know? I thought, why have a show about doctors when we could have a show about the real heroes, you know, like me?

  Zach Braff

  Real, Hero, Doctors

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• I've always preferred Marvel over DC. I just relate to their characters better. I mean look at Wolverine, at first he was just a bit player in an ensemble cast. Now he's the only reason people read X-Men. Just like me and Scrubs.

  Zach Braff

  Character, Mean, Player

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• I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.

  Nina Bawden

  Thinking, People, Way

  "Nina's wars" by Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2003.

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• Grasp it all, don't be afraid, enjoy the bits you can and tell your family you love them while you have the chance.

  Lynda Bellingham

  Chance, Enjoy, Our Family

  "Remembered: Brave Lynda Bellingham's refreshing honesty and humour in the face of terminal cancer" by Zoe Shenton, www.mirror.co.uk. October 20, 2014.

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• To tell the truth, in Pacific 231 I was on the trail of a very abstract and quite ideal concept, by giving the impression of a mathematical acceleration of rhythm, while the movement itself slowed .  I first called this piece Mouvement symphonique. On reflection I found that a bit colorless. Suddenly, a rather romantic image crossed my mind, and when the work was finished, I wrote the title Pacific 231, which indicates a locomotive for heavy loads and high speeds (a type unfortunately disappeared, alas, and sacrificed to electric traction).

  Arthur Honegger

  Reflection, Giving, Mind

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• I can't work completely out of my imagination-I must put my foot in a bit of truth-and then I can fly free.

  Andrew Wyeth

  Feet, Imagination, I Can

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• Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

  Richard Stallman

  Learning, Awards, Giving

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• Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain - which is to say, all of it. Every last bit of it, good and bad - old churches, country lanes, people saying 'Mustn't grumble,' and 'I'm terribly sorry but,' people apologizing to ME when I conk them with a careless elbow, milk in bottles, beans on toast, haymaking in June, seaside piers, Ordnance Survey maps, tea and crumpets, summer showers and foggy winter evenings - every bit of it.

  Bill Bryson

  Summer, Country, Sorry

  "Notes from a Small Island". Book by Bill Bryson, 1995.

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• Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.

  Stephen Collins

  Tv Shows, Acting, Tvs

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• A lot of Democrats are not that upset with Howard Dean. Howard Dean gets out here and he says these inflammatory things, and he doesn't apologize. He doesn't back down a little bit.

  Gwen Ifill

  Apology, Upset, Littles

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. June 12, 2005.

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