Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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Topshop is the only brand I've ever collaborated with on a fashion collection.
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When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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James Garner was a gift to our business and an example of honesty and pure class. It was an honor to have worked beside him and receive his bear hugs every day.
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I'm not going to say I'm a big girl. I'm a very small person, but I'm a healthy weight. That might be a little weird for Hollywood.
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I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.
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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
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An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.
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I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world; only my youth is gone - the enchanting youth that forever walks on air.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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...thankful to finally be reunited with my wife and five children. I did my time in prison and have moved on with my life. I hope and pray that everyone will try to understand that my past is behind me and to please focus on my future and what I do from here on out.
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The society of mankind is getting into irrationality. The fundamentals are not right.
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How much wilderness do the wilderness-lovers want? ask those who would mine and dig and cut and dam in such sanctuary spots as these. The answer is easy: Enough so that there will be in the years ahead a little relief, a little quiet, a little relaxation, for any of our increasing millions who need and want it.
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There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way.
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They wanted to speak, but could not; tears stood in their eyes. They were both pale and thin; but those sick pale faces were bright with the dawn of a new future, of a full resurrection into a new life. They were renewed by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for the heart of the other.
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Destroying things is much easier than making them.
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
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Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.
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In spite of all these disquieting triumphs in the field of natural science, it's astonishing how little man has learned about himself, and how much there is to learn. How little we know about this brain which made social evolution possible, and of the mind. How little we know of the nature and spirit of man and God. We stand now before this inner frontier of ignorance. If we could pass it, we might well discover the meaning of life and understand man's destiny.
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He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.
