Wisdom Sayings

197 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 197 authors

I am not a person who walks into a room and says, 'I have something to say.' I'm just a storyteller.

— Steven Spielberg 2016
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I'm not a director who likes to manipulate the audience. I like to let them feel what they feel.

— Martin Scorsese 1990s (approx)
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I steal from every single movie ever made.

— Quentin Tarantino 1992
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Why do they call it a 'walkie-talkie'? Why not a 'talkie-walkie'?

— Robin Williams 1982
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I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is and to cross it deliberately.

— George Carlin 1997
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The only way to be truly free is to be an individual, and the only way to be an individual is to be weird.

— Dave Chappelle 2019
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The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept nearly everything.

— Edward Snowden 2013
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If you have information, you must release it.

— Julian Assange 2010
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I felt like I was being treated like a disposable asset, rather than a human being.

— Chelsea Manning 2015
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The unity of the party and the masses is an invincible force that can break through any difficulties.

— Kim Jong-il 1993
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If I am to choose between a television and a book, I will take the book.

— Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov 2004
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It is our Imperial wish that a monument be erected to our memory, and that it be a true representation of our Imperial self.

— Emperor Norton circa 1870s
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My manner of thinking, so you say, is an abomination. And yet, I have never been able to think otherwise.

— Marquis de Sade 1783
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Every man and every woman is a star.

— Aleister Crowley 1904
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When you are dealing with a man in a difficult situation, you have to be firm, but you also have to be flexible. You cannot be a stubborn mule.

— Nikita Khrushchev 1960
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If I have to be the villain, I will be the villain. But I will be a villain for the good of the country.

— Ferdinand Marcos 1970s
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I was born ostentatious. They don't make women like me anymore.

— Imelda Marcos 1998
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I haven't slept with 80 women, I've slept with 80,000 women.

— Silvio Berlusconi 2010
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I am proud to be a member of the Bullingdon Club. I can read Latin, unlike some other people.

— Boris Johnson 2008
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I mean, I've been a pretty good governor. I've been a pretty good public servant.

— Rod Blagojevich 2008
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