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• I live my life like anybody else, and people choose to write about mine. And what they write I can't control - when they write lies at least - because the laws can't really protect you unless you can prove malicious intent. So I just choose not to read it.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Lying, Writing, Law

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• Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

  Steve Lacy

  Grateful, Different, Way

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• The Faces do not, as some have recently alleged, play badly. They are more than competent, especially at creating a mid-Sixties Rolling Stones-styled groove, as their excellent version of 'Memphis' proves.

  Jon Landau

  Play, Creating, Rolling

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• While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.

  Dorothea Lange

  Life, Photography, Eye

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• I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who have been on reality shows who've had success, to prove to audiences that you don't have to be a fool to become successful.

  NeNe Leakes

  Successful, Reality, Guests

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• There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Peace, Mind, Literature

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 15, 2010

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• I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.

  Wendy Liebman

  Thinking, Rivers, Leader

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• It is Barack Obama who is at war with this country. Recent events prove it. This is not a cliche. It's not a figure of speech. Obama is at war with the U.S. economy.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, War, Events

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• I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Needs, Process, Stills

  "Lindsay Lohan and 'Today:' The outtakes". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.newsday.com.

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• I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

  Loretta Lynn

  Country, Pride, Thinking

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• The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

  Anne Sullivan Macy

  Confused, War, World

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• The new dynamics between brands and consumers, driven by social media, are proving to be a powerful impetus for change.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Powerful, Media, Dynamics

  Twitter post from Jan 04, 2016

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• I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.

  Marlee Matlin

  Attitude, Wings, Example

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• The fun little proofs that you can do with algebra - they are sort of like crowd pleasers in a way. Like, the .9 repeating equaling one. It doesn't take a lot of algebra to prove that, and it's really fun. It kind of wows people. It's like they're watching magic happen right before their eyes.

  Danica McKellar

  Fun, Eye, People

  "Math Book Helps Girls Embrace Their Inner Mathematician". Interview with Aaron Rowe, www.wired.com. August 2, 2007.

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• One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers.

  Jon Meacham

  Heirs, Debate, Resurrection

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• I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.

  Spike Milligan

  Hands, Friendly, Arms

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• First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Trying, Firsts

  "Ms." magazine, p. 42, August 1972.

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• I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Want, Actresses

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• Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes or use our firearms in any dangerous or improper way.

  Ted Nugent

  Gun, Use, Way

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• The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Party, Humorous, Government

  "Parliament of Whores". Book by P. J. O'Rourke, 1991.

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• If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?

  George Orwell

  Ordinary, Literature, Vegetarian

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.335, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.

  Camille Paglia

  Sex, Men, Attention

  Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.62, Vintage

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• Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.

  Camille Paglia

  Administration, Economic, Stimulus

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• Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.

  Sean Penn

  Sacrifice, Medicine, Soldier

  Open Letter to the President George W. Bush, www.snopes.com. November 3, 2002.

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• I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.

  Pink

  Color, People, Lines

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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