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The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon.

The power Fictitious writing Seriously
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Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed

Government derive Power Consent
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I believe I'm done for," said Tom. "The cussed sneaking dog, to leave me to die alone! My poor old mother always told me 'twould be so.

Believe Sneaking dog Die alone Old mother
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Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It's a sort of crime against childhood.
Against Childhood Crime Religion
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The past, the present, and the future are really one: they are today

The past Present Future Today
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Everything your money can buy, given with a cold, averted face, is not worth one honest tear shed in real sympathy?

Everything Money Averted face Worth
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We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Cannot Course Disprove Fairies
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Obeying God never brings on public evils. I know it can’t. It’s always safest, all round, to do as He bids us.

Obeying God Public evils Always safest
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No tear dropped over that pillow; in such straits as these, the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.

Dropped over Pillow Straits Heart
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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never Be bullied Silence A victim
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The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

Beautiful More Often Out
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It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

Fun Play someone Think
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You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.

Got offered Romantic leads Role
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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.

What looks Absolutely fabulous Rehearsal Audience
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My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

Play safe Sex Picked Untrue
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.

Times Take role Perceived Certain way
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And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
Believe Never be Limited You do
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I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.

Actually may Musical Star in My concert
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Political movements always belong to the young.

Political movements Belong Young
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I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

Pray Believe God
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Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too. 

Alwys admit Wrong Save thousands Friendships
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I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

Believe Connected Positive energy Power
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Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

Beware Anyone Trust me
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Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday's news.

Anyone Smart phone Potential eyewitness
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Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Theater Resonate Heart Movie
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I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.

Believe Afterlife Think Somebody passes
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I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

Like politics Rule Spotlight
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Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

Nothing blind People Common enemy Voters
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I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife.

Really Understand Contract Marriage
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Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Movies Plot Theater Ideas
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Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.

Theater Temple Religion Faith
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I have the world's worst taste in men, so now I simply have wonderful relationships of the friend kind, but trying to settle down with somebody? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm beyond that.

Worst taste Wonderful relationships Friend kind
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The fool is not he who asks what and when he/ she doesn’t know. The fool is he/she that is so confident that they don’t ask out of pride, so they don’t seem dumb and they still end up making fools of themselves!

Fool Who ask Confident Pride
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People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.

Around People Constantly Emotions
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Whatever age you are when you find your entrepreneurial bone- don’t be scared to take the leap… because you may fly…you may just fly.

Whenever age Entrepreneurial bone Scared Fly
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Say to yourself- I was made to be global, achieve things only wildest dreams could conceive and only in that incredulity will I find my true purpose in life.

Say Yourself Global Achieve
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Note your enemies’ failure doesn’t mean you yourself will succeed- it simply means we have more failures around us- rather we should focus on being the best we can be!

Your enemies Failure Succeed More
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Don’t form enemies in your mind, cos the person you are beefing maybe totally oblivious of your existence.

Form enemies Mind Person Beefing
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Dear entrepreneur, pray for strength, resilience and fortitude to keep on doing what you do. The journey isn’t for the lily-livered! But still, we thrive! Remember the real work is in sleepless nights, days of pure frustration but the rewards are worth it.

Entrepreneur Pray Strength Fortitude
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I was advised to seize the opportunity and sing the tribute song for Mandela because I was inspired by his story, and he was not only loved in South Africa but in the whole world.

Advised Opportunity Sing Tribute
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If you have listened to some of my songs, you would notice that they have stories. I use my songs to tell stories.

Listened Songs Have stories Tell
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I think so far, the deepest song I have sung is reggae blues. The truth is that reggae blues was meant to be the kind of song that would make you just sit down and think about your life. But we turned it into a song that would make you dance, and forget about your sorrows.

Deepest song Reggae blues Truth Sit down
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The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

Anybody Anybody Else Bring Else
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I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.

Actor Adrenaline Coming Downside
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I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

Beauty Could Feedback Funny
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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

Actor Always Gets Life
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Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show.

Another Anything Connected Drama
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Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!
About How Long Me
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If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high.

After Bar First First Time
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The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.
Dependent Focus Intensity Time
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