"It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible."

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“Don't bail. The best of the gold’s at the bottom of barrels of crap.”

“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”

“When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.”

“A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.”

“Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”

“And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.”

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"I really wanted the role because I knew it would give my career a boost, especially in foreign markets where I don't feel I'm that well known."

— Kirsten Dunst

Entertainment1982

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"I poured on a rainstorm of fire and brimstone as hot as I could, and you know something of what that is. I believe that I never said anything more savage in the pulpit or on the stump."

— Owen Lovejoy

Politics1811–1864

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"Just as work is the curse of the drinking classes of this country," said laughing, "so education is the curse of the acting classes."

— Frank Harris

Literature1856–1931

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"The National Socialist German Students’League… gained a reputation for provocative actions, and campaigned on issues such as the reduction of overcrowding in lectures , the dismissal of pacifist profe…"

— Richard J. Evans

Literature1947

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