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I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.

~Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Topics: About Anything Because Crooked Demented Different Everything Get Going Increases Just Know More Offers People Played Possibilities Strong Then Vulnerable Want Work You Your

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Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Believe Crooked Lawyers Line Living Make Only People Straight Straight Line

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In my travels, which have been wider than ever man yet accomplished, I have seen many, many wild beasts of Arabia and India; but this beast, that is commonly called a Tyrant, I know not how many heads it has, nor if it be crooked of claw, and armed with horrible fangs.

~Apollonius Of Tyana

Topics: Accomplished Arabia Armed Beast Beasts Been Commonly Crooked Ever Heads Horrible How India Know Man Many Nor Seen Than Travels Tyrant Which Wider Wild

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Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

~Chanakya

Topics: Crooked Cut Down Forest Going Left See Standing Straight Trees Upright Very While Would You Your

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I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: About Am Calls Cerebral Crooked Daddy Doctor Even Exactly Father Girl Having Like Lips Me Mouth Moving Much Rather Side Sister Slope Smile Something Though Very Would I Am

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I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

~Daphne Guinness

Topics: Always Crooked Eye Like Look Makeup Mirror Myself Which Why

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I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.

~Dontrelle Willis

Topics: About Crooked Days Early Establish Go Having Helpful Just Key Know Late Numbers Off Out Park Put Some Sometimes Up Where Year

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The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.

~Edmond De Goncourt

Topics: Contrary Crooked English French Honest Individuals Nation True Who

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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

~Edward Abbey

Topics: Above Amazing Clouds Crooked Dangerous Leading Lonesome May Most Most Amazing Mountains Rise Trails View Winding Your

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In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Big Came Common Company Contract Crooked Deal Doing Equity Fixed Library Like Me Movie Name New New York Nose Offered Play See Something Surgery Theater Too Wanted York 1940S

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