Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes
A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.
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My mom used to tell me, 'If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motorbike.'
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.
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I had some great experiences, but there were times when films didn't do well right, especially after 'Vicky Donor.'
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I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.'
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Religion is inwardly focused and driven only to sustain itself.
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Place honey on the altars and die, You lovers that are bitter at heart.
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I think it's time, not for the Washington Redskins to change their name but for the Democratic Party to change its name. Because all you have to do is go online and look up the history of the Democratic Party. It's one of oppressing African-Americans. It's one of supporting slavery and the horrors that occurred in the United States.
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I watch the Oscars in my pajamas like everybody else.
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I'm in the major league now.
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User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project.
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Kubrick never explained the ending to us, or what his intentions were. He didn't intend for it to be a predictable film.
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Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.
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I meet and talk to women from every corner of this planet, and I can find beauty in each and every one of them.
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As a director, I start with the visual.
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There is definitely something that has to be said for me liking the action, Lara Croft type stuff. I really want to explore that side of me.
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Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.
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You must continue to go back to the beginning, to the foundation, and question the foundation. Even once you‘ve reached Samadhi you must go back so you can create it at will. Samadhi is the beginning of spiritual growth, not the end. You must always be questioning. Enlightenment comes as an accident at first, then you have to learn to recreate it.
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That's the nice thing about being a live act. I can get the audience, but it's for the moment. It's like, 'Can I do it tonight?' And you can see when people like you. But on record - and with the pen - it's almost for all time. Really, a lot more thought has to go into it.
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A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.
