#serious

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

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I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously. I'm in such a crazy privileged position. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

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I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. ↗

— Maria Callas

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There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

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The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those. ↗

— Eric Cantor

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I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

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