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I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.
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Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
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Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.


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Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people use to describe me sometimes so when I meet someone, it's almost like they feel like they have to also be sarcastic, but it can sometimes just come off as mean if it's not used in the right way.
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I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.


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Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.


J. L. Austin
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In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
Alanis Morissette
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
Roland Barthes
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I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.


Shah Rukh Khan
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Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'
Steven Wright
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'Boldface' is a pilot term, a magic word to describe the procedures that could, in a crisis, save your life. We say that 'boldface is written in blood' because often it's created in response to an accident investigation. It highlights the series of steps that should have been taken to avoid a fatal crash, but weren't.
Chris Hadfield
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When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right.


Rupert Murdoch
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Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.


Don Marquis
One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.
Taylor Caldwell
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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
John Henry Newman
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
Samaire Armstrong
Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.
Anthony Lewis
I wasn't a very convenient person for the leadership. I had my own opinion about things and knew how to insist on this.
Gherman Titov
Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
Chuck Klosterman
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The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
Christopher Lasch