Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
Vernon Howard -
I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
Adam McKay -
I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
Tawni O'Dell -
I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
Hailee Steinfeld -
The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
Walter Rudolf Hess -
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
Ted Koppel -
The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys an opportunity to extend their careers.
Jack Nicklaus -
When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
Aaron Carter -
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
Natalia Makarova -
And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
Sally Kellerman
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
Karl Barth -
I have not spoken to him directly. Here's the reason. Because my experience is, when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he's gonna say all the right things to me. I'm not interested in words. I'm interested in actions.
Barack Obama -
Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.
Andrew Jackson -
Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.
Coco Chanel -
I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay -
There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
Forest Whitaker
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From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
Francesca Annis -
Ole man trouble. Go find you someone else to pick on. I live my life now you see. Ole man trouble, Please stay away from me, now. Oh I look like I'm down in my luck. Please send faith to help pick me up. I've lived this way so many years. Ole man trouble, Please wash away all my fears.
Otis Redding -
Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.
Arthur Schopenhauer -
Breathe in a smile; breathe out a chuckle. (You can do it.)
Cheri Huber -
There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.
Honore de Balzac