Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.


Val Kilmer

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The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison
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I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.
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Hodor," said Hodor.
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You do what you love, what you need
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I turned.
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She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself.
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You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.
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Let him who walks in darkness and no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God
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I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me."
Stars flicker...
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History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
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You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a...
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I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal.
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I would no...
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I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?"

There was nothing but uncompromising w...
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There you are. I've been looking for you.

His first words to me— not a lie at a...
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I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door.
And I was not a mouse.
I ...
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No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared.
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He drained his glass. "I made a mistake."
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Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers.
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Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?"
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Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still wa...
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You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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You see a lot of people out there that say they're country, and they do their little things that...
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Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
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I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind.
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The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore.
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Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.
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And I think I find, I know a lot of people around, in different cities, and so it's not - it mig...
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You can say a lot of bad things about Alabama, but you can't say that Alabamans as a people are duly...
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Maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people," I say. "Maybe we're accumulating these new selve...
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Mathematicians don't like it when they're associated with mental illness and sort of bristle...
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I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.
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Like a deep sad note
played beneath the ocean
waving through the orb
the memories of ...
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A lot of people want to donate a kidney, but they're not in a position to because they have heal...
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You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to priv...
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A lot of people don't know the details of the bill, and you can really say the bill is bad.
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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoug...
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Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.
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We die a day at a time
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It's not about getting A's. I enjoy school. There are a lot of people who say they don't, but there ...
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Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime...
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Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.
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To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To...
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Males are horrible creatures, aren’t they?
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When you spend so long trapped in darkness, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.
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Many atrocities, have been done in the name of the greater good.
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Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E...
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But I forgot to tell him,” I said quietly, opening the door, “that the villain is usually the pe...
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No matter what people say, about what I did, about what I am like... They say you are not dedicated ...
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I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I c...
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There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't...
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Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over
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We're trying to evolve a lot away from YouTube because YouTube is awesome - they have a huge aud...
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A lot of times people say money changes a lot of people. It hasn't changed me.
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A lot of people want the crown, but they're not willing to bleed for it.
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VAL UCHENDU
An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a diss...
VAL UCHENDU
To embody a slice of life on stage/film/script/book is awe-inspiring; like peeking into a window to ...
VAL UCHENDU
Celebrate differences, give love, and more love. Anything short is a rigidity that cuts both ways an...
VAL UCHENDU
Wisdom is the thin conduit between two opposing viewpoints
VAL UCHENDU
Great moments are ephemeral, like a lovely text message or viral twitter moment, but when lived, it'...
VAL UCHENDU
Not like others? You may be inspired differently. Be bold, step out, follow YOUR intuition, no matte...
VAL UCHENDU
There're many ways to inspire others but the goal is the same. The pathways are different and must b...
VAL UCHENDU
The mindset of loss of a loved one is to understand that the loss will never be undone. You must liv...
VAL UCHENDU
Laugh to be refreshed, discover to be surprised, accept and celebrate differences to be happy
VAL UCHENDU
Love is purely spiritual, until you can honestly accept and love your essence and truth, you have no...
VAL UCHENDU
Opportunity must be captured; it only yields to those brave hearts that dare to try
VAL UCHENDU
When an image depends on the next for a complete meaning, it moves the story and audience along with...
VAL UCHENDU
An artist who works from impulse creates pathways for his body and emotion; the lines will naturally...
VAL UCHENDU
Peace of mind comes from keeping people's opinion far away from self perception; one is steady and t...
VAL UCHENDU
Nothing can resist a person who is
nonresistant... When you overcome
negative with posit...
VAL UCHENDU
The earth is always changing...readjusting to our existence. Each era is full of unique challenges
VAL UCHENDU
All art forms possess liberty beyond space and time, yet grounded by urgency of now, and a breath of...
VAL UCHENDU
A society gets the criminals it deserves.
VAL MCDERMID
He's a change of pace pitcher out of the bullpen.
VAL MCLEAN
Brent is a good heads-up player in the outfield. David got a lot of work in a reserve role last year...
VAL MCLEAN
We have 10 students and seniors signed up for the program. Most of the students taking part are girl...
VAL SULLIVAN
You've got to allow kids to be kids. Our discipline will get better; I just wish we didn't have to p...
VAL TRUJILLO
The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast th...
VAL MCDERMID
I'm sorry you are wiser, I sorry you are taller; I liked you better foolish and I liked you better s...
ALINE MURRAY KILMER
There's a strange lack of knowledge about the role of drag queens in our culture. I attribute this t...
JOSH KILMER-PURCELL
A real parish is a wondrously beautiful web of human relationship which is given meaning by the man ...
C. KILMER MYERS
We have relegated the saints to a pink and blue and gold world of plaster statuary that belongs to t...
C. KILMER MYERS
We are content to place a statue of Francis of Assisi in the middle of a birdbath and let the whole ...
C. KILMER MYERS
Blackouts can be fun if approached with the right mindset. You just can't sweat the fact that you've...
JOSH KILMER-PURCELL
To tell you the truth. I am a wild and passionate novelist. I am therefore easily given over to tell...
VAL EDWARD SIMONE
We fiction writers are a brazen lot, are we not? For we, in our passion, embrace just enough truth t...
VAL EDWARD SIMONE
It seems that THC is creating a historic district without following one legal guideline. It's very, ...
JUDGE VAL BEARD
I am very pleased to tell the crew they did a great job.
JUDGE VAL BEARD
We need to sit down and get some ball-park numbers together and move on.
JUDGE VAL BEARD
My first concern is THC asking us to spend tax dollars on private property. Secondly, I don't think ...
JUDGE VAL BEARD