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Maya Angelou quote: "You did the best that you knew how. Now that you know better,..."

You did the best that you knew how. Now that you know better, you'll do better.

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Why does my action strike them as so horrible? Is it because it was a crime? What is meant by crime? My conscience is at rest. Of course, it was a legal crime, of course, the letter of the law was broken and blood was shed. Well, punish me for the letter of the law...and that's enough. Fyodor Dostoevsky
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding. Carl Hiaasen
I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me. Dougray Scott
Bertrand Russell quote: "A mind perpetually open, will be a mind perpetually vacant! ..."
A mind perpetually open, will be a mind perpetually vacant! ! Bertrand Russell
Muhammad Ali quote: "Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down...."
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. Muhammad Ali
Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name. Marlee Matlin
I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female president of the United States, while her husband holds the Bible and wears a silly pill box hat and matching coat. Anna Quindlen
Federico Fellini quote: "God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial..."
God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again. Federico Fellini
I've always recorded the same way. I put down as many ideas as I have, then strip them away at the mixdown. It's better to have too much music than not enough. Dave Navarro
I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they directly affect national security interests. John Pomfret
Keith Miller quote: "I am too old to think."
I am too old to think. Keith Miller
Summer Sanders quote: "Indoor pools just don't seem as inviting to me."
Indoor pools just don't seem as inviting to me. Summer Sanders
Chinua Achebe quote: "When I began going to school and learned to read, I..."
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. Chinua Achebe
People are not two-thirds one thing and the remainder something else. Temperament, personality, or outlook don’t divide quite like that. The bits don’t separate clearly. You end up a funny homogeneous mixture. This is something that will become more common in the latter part of the century—people with mixed cultural backgrounds, and mixed racial backgrounds. That’s the way the world is going. Kazuo Ishiguro
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain..."
Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee! Madeleine L'Engle