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The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.
Alan Watts
Live
Because
Go
Impoverished
Want
Reason
Present
It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success.
Alanis Morissette
Success
Music
Believe
Music Industry
Out
Mainly
Also
Well
Concerned
Industry
Because
Material
Very
Just
Wanted
Grammys
Much
Reason
English
Whole
Awards
Pull
Pulled
No idea should be discarded completely, but - as one might imagine - it does take a degree of ingenuity to find a new spin on something as hackneyed as the 'Adam and Eve' story. But if you think you've got the chops for it, there's no reason not to try.
Alastair Reynolds
You
Try
Degree
Think
Find
Spin
No Idea
Something
No Reason
Take
Idea
New
Discarded
Does
Got
Story
Might
Ingenuity
Should
Reason
Chops
Eve
Adam
Adam And Eve
Imagine
I was thinking about vampires and, specifically, about what makes vampires a romantic trope: about what people like about not just vampires but supernaturally long-lived creatures in general, which is a thing that shows up in probably fifty to sixty percent of paranormal romances... And then, for some reason, I decided to reverse it.
Alaya Dawn Johnson
People
Thinking
Vampires
Paranormal
Some
About
Percent
General
Like
Makes
Reverse
Up
Just
Romances
Sixty
Romantic
Decided
Which
Then
Fifty
Reason
Shows
Creatures
Specifically
Thing
You know what it is, the reason so many 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds are saying 'Drive' is their favorite movie is that 'Drive' is a 90-minute trip into what a lot of seventies filmmaking was. It encapsulates the best of a certain kind of style, and a style that a lot of people haven't seen before, with the music and the way it's edited.
Albert Brooks
Music
Saying
Best
You
People
Seen
Drive
Style
Before
Seventies
Way
Favorite
Favorite Movie
Kind
Trip
Know
Edited
Lot
Movie
Certain
Reason
Many
Filmmaking
Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.
Albert J. Nock
Life
Quality
Kind
Immortality
Lead
Idea
Perhaps
Most
Quality Of Life
Continuance
Existence
Any
Which
Us
Much
Reason
Belief
Found
Conscious
Associate
Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.
Albert Pike
Faith
Exhausted
Begins
Where
Reason
I know all the guys in NXT have a lot of talent, and that's the reason why they are there. But in this sport, you can see guys with a lot of talent in the minor leagues, when they move into the major leagues, they become irrelevant.
Alberto Del Rio
You
Become
Minor
See
Guys
Talent
Major
Leagues
Know
Major Leagues
Sport
Lot
Irrelevant
Move
Reason
Why
In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.
Alberto Giacometti
Loneliness
People
Thought
Past
Think
Must
About
Fact
Never
Talk
So Many People
In The Past
Working
Reason
Many
Now
Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.
Alberto Salazar
Training
Other
Otherwise
Say
See
Had
Overconfident
Accused
Any
Done
Confident
Being
Really
Reason
Even
Cocky
Early
Career
It's funny: the reason I did 'Beautiful Creatures' was the same reason I did everything else - even though it was a genre film and existed at a more studio level, the script and the characters were so well written.
Alden Ehrenreich
Funny
Beautiful
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Though
Characters
More
Studio
Written
Well
Genre
Well-Written
Were
Existed
Did
Same
Script
Reason
Even
Film
Creatures
Level
I've been a writer since I was 13. I've been writing scripts and having pitch meetings. So, when I do see people like Brit Marling getting things done, it lets me know that it's possible. It basically just tells me, 'Dude, get to work!' For some reason, I think that I'm not doing enough work.
Aldis Hodge
Work
Me
People
Writing
Think
Enough
Meetings
Possible
Tells
See
Some
Having
Writer
Since
Like
Know
Dude
Doing
Been
Get
Pitch
Done
Getting
Just
Scripts
Reason
Lets
Things
Basically
There's a reason there are 50,000 cop shows and firefighter shows: Watching them is cool.
Alec Berg
Firefighter
Them
Reason
Cool
Shows
Cop
Watching
There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat.
Aleksandr Lebed
Myself
No Reason
Democrat
Call
Should
Reason
Why
You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.
Alessandro Nivola
Work
You
Money
Way
Solely
Make
Around
Equation
Said
Real
Offered
Decisions
Movies
Reason
Ever
Basically
For some reason, I'm constantly attacked on social media in terms of how I dress. I've never understood that. That's been very hard.
Alessia Cara
Social Media
Constantly
Dress
Some
Attacked
Never
Terms
How
Understood
Been
Very
Social
Hard
Reason
Media
The biggest critics are in the comments online. People are so judgmental of me. It's like, 'Why is she wearing this?' or 'Why isn't she wearing that?' or 'Why does she talk like that?' That's the worst because they're judging for no reason.
Alessia Cara
Me
People
Worst
Critics
Wearing
Online
No Reason
Like
Talk
She
Because
Judging
Judgmental
Does
Comments
Biggest
Reason
Why
I love horror movies! I've loved horror movies since I was about eight years old, not that an 8-year-old should be watching 'The Shining', but I was allowed to for some reason.
Alex Breckenridge
Love
Old
Some
About
Horror
Horror Movies
Allowed
Since
Years
Shining
Eight
Loved
Movies
Should
Reason
Watching
The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an end. I can not be satisfied in any business and can not be without their companionship.
Alex Campbell
Life
Business
World
Wife
My Life
Satisfied
Take
Because
Without
Boy
Go
End
Any
Want
Usefulness
Reason
Companionship
Why
But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were Chinese. But for some reason, they feel they are not Chinese.
Alex Chiu
Parents
Say
Some
Taiwan
Feel
Idiots
Were
Grand
Chinese
Reason
Sudden
Now
Start
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate.
Alex Gibney
You
Christ
Church
Power
Control
Only
Never
Priests
Because
Preached
Celibate
Should
Reason
Who
Mechanism
Jesus
Jesus Christ
It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.'
Alex Graves
Game
Hey
Say
Locked
Rarely
Pretty
Deleted
Scene
Unusual
Because
Very
Scripts
Game Of Thrones
Reason
Need
But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that he was coming back to the world of the living.
Alex Lifeson
Heart
World
Living
Back
Say
Neil
About
Recovery
He
Because
Said
Coming
His
Much
Reason
I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.
Alex Pareene
Great
Television
Very
Often
Reason
There are two important things to remember about 'entitlements': They are hugely popular programs for a very good reason, and actual sensible 'reform' would mean improving them, not sacrificing them at the altar of 'fiscal responsibility.'
Alex Pareene
Good
Entitlement
Remember
Responsibility
Important
Important Things
Programs
Would
Good Reason
About
Sacrificing
Altar
Fiscal
Fiscal Responsibility
Very
Reform
Hugely
Improving
Sensible
Mean
Them
Reason
Popular
Actual
Things
Two
There's no good reason that reliably liberal states should be electing senators as friendly to Wall Street as Cory Booker.
Alex Pareene
Good
Liberal
States
Reliably
Good Reason
Friendly
Wall
Wall Street
Senators
Should
Reason
Street
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