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New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. ↗

— Euripides

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My bottom is so big it's got its own gravitational field. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

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Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment. ↗

— Curt Flood

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My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. ↗

— Jane Fonda

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A hungry stomach cannot hear. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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'Red Dawn' was really the most fun I ever had making a movie, because I love Westerns, and I love the idea of being a tomboy, and riding horses and shooting guns. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#being #dawn #ever #fun #guns

Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

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I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue. ↗

— Guillermo del Toro

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Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to participate, from a political and military point of view, in the planning of actual operations. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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