Charles Fourier Quotes
Wisdom, virtue, morality, all these have fallen out of fashion: everybody worships at the shrine of commerce.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
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I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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A lot of fans have been requesting that in-your-face song, a sense of feeling empowered. And 'Good Woman' is that: a relatable song celebrating the good woman. I'm also really proud of the third verse, which I wrote.
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In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
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I got a part in a package of commercials for this big drugstore from the age of 6 to 10. For four years I shot those commercials, and old ladies would stop me on the street and grab my cheeks. That's how it started.
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I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
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When I'm out with a group I hide in the corner and get legless. I just make sure my friends shield me.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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Most people think I have a lot of fun and that I'm a pretty good driver but they don't take my driving all that seriously.
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I would say my fraternity was nothing but a bunch of farm boys; we weren't really in the whole fraternity scene, but yeah, that's a safe assessment of who I am. I've lived that life, growing up in agriculture and then going off to college and joining a fraternity, livin' that life.
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The heart has its reasons that the mind knows not?
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In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it.
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Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.
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Wisdom, virtue, morality, all these have fallen out of fashion: everybody worships at the shrine of commerce.
