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I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

~Confucius

Topics: Am Antiquity Born Earnest Fond Knowledge Possession Seeking Who I Am

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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?

~Dave Barry

Topics: Always Bent Earnest Keep Knees Learn Noticed Person Some Sport Telling Trying Whatever You Your

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When you look at other good-bad movies like 'Sharknado' and 'Birdemic,' those movies know that they're B movies, know that they're silly and over the top, as opposed to 'The Room,' where Tommy Wiseau, the guy at the centre of it all, he attempted to make a very earnest drama.

~Dave Franco

Topics: Attempted Centre Drama Earnest Guy He Know Like Look Make Movies Opposed Other Over Room Silly Those Tommy Top Very Where You

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My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few.

~Debbie Macomber

Topics: Author Autographs Buck Call Charles Charles Dickens Children Covered Dead Dickens Earnest Famous Few Hemingway Jack London Lord Mark Mark Twain Name Office Pearl Twain Wall Walls Writers

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My characters in my movies are all flawed. You'll probably never see Tom Hanks in a Doug Liman film. He plays, you know, very earnest and unflawed.

~Doug Liman

Topics: Characters Earnest Film Flawed He Know Movies Never Plays See Tom Tom Hanks Very You

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I knew credibility would come only in time and through earnest performances.

~Dwayne Johnson

Topics: Come Credibility Earnest Knew Only Performance Through Time Would

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When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.

~Dwayne Johnson

Topics: Earnest Energy He Speaks Vibe You

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Our success just flies in the face of critics or people who would rather that we just failed... because we didn't fit into the style of the times or our lyrics were too upfront or too earnest or whatever.

~Ed Kowalczyk

Topics: Because Critics Earnest Face Failed Fit Flies Just Lyrics Our People Rather Style Success Times Too Upfront Were Whatever Who Would

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It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.

~Edward Mckendree Bounds

Topics: Access Descend Ear Earnest Fire Gets God Heart Man None Only Passion Prayer Whole

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It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

~Eisaku Sato

Topics: Abolish Day Earnest Hope May Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Our Our People People See Weapons World

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