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With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have at least respected the security and tranquility of such obedient and profitable brethren; but such is not human nature. ↗

— Robert Toombs

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I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage. ↗

— Mel Torme

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In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? ↗

— Virgil

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That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates. ↗

— Donald Trump

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I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with. ↗

— Alan Tudyk

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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. ↗

— Mark Twain

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I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist. ↗

— Ike Turner

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I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

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I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

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Fortunately I own a vintage brain, and I am alive and well in the 21st century, still making records, still working at an intense pace and most of all, still having fun doing it. ↗

— Tony Visconti

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