Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.
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The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture.
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Fame may last for only 15 minutes, in Andy Warhol's famous calculation, but it arrives quickly and requires instant attention, lest it vanish before it can be fully exploited.
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There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.
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Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.
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By taking things personally, you set yourself up to suffer. The impact on you and the ripple effects on those around you are unhealthy.
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It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.
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Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting topical issues, but not in a way that people would expect you to or in the way that someone trying to make a point would.
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Q: How many actors does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 15, one to change it 14 to grumble, 'I could have done that part, I was up to it'
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Being present starts with recognizing when you are ignoring, denying or judging the present circumstances and shifting to learning, understanding and creating.
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There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into what has been divinely ordained.
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A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.
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Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.
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We need to make a decision, no matter what it is.
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Misery is when you make your bed and then your mother tells you it's the day she's changing the sheets.
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If any of the beautiful people plan to vote for the president, they usually keep their secret to themselves.
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Sometimes the ignorant are among the most educated.
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Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.
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Misery is when grown-ups don't realize how miserable kids can feel.
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And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.
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All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.
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In our extreme youth, in our most humiliating sorrow, we think we are alone. When we are older we find that others have suffered too.
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To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
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Of course, in the art class, I was the model.
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What's the point in doing something worthwhile if nobody can see you?'
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