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• As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures of Emperors and Kings, of heroes and murderers of the day. The dead now had that same unreality, which shocks without arousing pity.

  Ernst Toller

  Kings, Hero, Boys

  Ernst Toller (1934). “I was a German: the autobiography of Ernst Toller”

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• Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Lying, Humorous

  The Autobiography of Mark Twain Chapter 29

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• I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world.

  Jane Badler

  Tv Shows, World, Tvs

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• It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

  Arthur Cohn

  Directors, Conviction, Our Time

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• Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.

  Mackenzie Crook

  Stars, War, Kids

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• Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Children, Trying, Marketers

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• I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Play, People, Trying

  "Agant Orange: Maggie Gyllenhaal discusses her co-starring role in the new caper film Criminal". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. September 9, 2004.

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• I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.

  Joely Fisher

  Womanly

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like to figure things out and solve problems.

  Temple Grandin

  Problem, Solve

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

  Bob Woodward

  People, Literature, Want

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• You have to realize: OK, I don't know how to solve a political problem, I don't know how to solve the pollution problem... all I know is in my own life, I need to figure out some sense of purpose, I need to figure out how to be happy... and I'm willing.

  Jewel

  Political, Needs, Purpose

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• I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.

  Bob Woodward

  Book, Long, Asking

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• Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.

  Timothy Leary

  Time, Soul, Gardening

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• Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

  Andrew Weil

  Different, Attention, Body

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• Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life.

  Usher

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Breakup

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• Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.

  Grace Napolitano

  Data, Judging, Leader

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• Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

  Joseph Addison

  Happiness, Patience, Pain

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• Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.

  Theodor Adorno

  Real, One Day, Belief

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• My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Rebel, Purpose

  Interview with Rob Capriccioso, www.identitytheory.com. March 23, 2003.

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• As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

  Woody Allen

  Sarcastic, Nature, Sarcasm

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

  Philip James Bailey

  Life, Gratitude, Heart

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.80

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• But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.

  Honore de Balzac

  Positive, Cutting, Sentimental

  Honore de Balzac (2015). “A Woman of Thirty: Works of Balzac”, p.87, 谷月社

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• It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.

  Antonio Banderas

  Halloween, Character, People

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• I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Night, Play, Lunch

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• Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

  Harrison Ford

  Tunnels, Light, Rejection

  "Life lessons 9 successful people learned from failing" by Erica Murphy, www.businessinsider.com. July 20, 2015.

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