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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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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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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Having a period of - well, austerity, shall we say - certainly humbles you.
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Precognition or self-deception?
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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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Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.
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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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Moving to New York made all the difference in my creating this new series with Ellie Hatcher. I love Portland, and it's always going to be one of my favorite cities, but it was getting to the point where, after I'd moved to New York, I couldn't write as specifically about Portland any more.
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An accountant is a man who puts his head in the past and backs his ass into the future.
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The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts.
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Put a pair of high heels on a fellow and just look what he was reduced to.
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Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he remained within the Nation of Islam, talking to the converted, he did not represent a fundamental threat to the American government.
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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.
