Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.
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The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
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Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.
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High tech is for a short time. But art is forever. People still admire a Picasso or a Van Gogh. But they don't admire the steam locomotive anymore.
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I'm not a homophobic.
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You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?
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Won’t you help the government in saving Gujarat? Won’t you help us in maintaining peace and harmony? The Government of Gujarat appeals to you for help, appeals to you for shanti (peace) and sanyam (restraint or self-discipline).
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History teaches, but it has no pupils.
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Honolulu, Hawaii: (At a luau) '...a unique native stunt though the Hawaiian food we were made to eat was too revolting for words....One got rather tired of the native songs & longed for some of our tunes' (14 April 1920)
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Practical life is not necessarily directed toward other people, as some think; and it is not the case that practical thoughts are only those which result from action for the sake of what ensues. On the contrary, much more practical are those mental activities and reflections which have their goal in themselves and take place for their own sake.
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Se me abre una puerta, entro y me hallo con cien puertas cerradas.
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I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.
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A work-only zone does wonders for your productivity. So, I prefer working at the office now. I spend 8 focused hours there, then I go home to be present with my family.
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I can remember being fascinated by what people really thought about each other and what they were really doing to each other behind people's backs.
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I wanted to bring something to 'Celebrity Apprentice' to let America know that you don't have to be back-stabbing and mean-spirited in order to a challenge.
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I think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.
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I wish I could do an entire spa day.
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It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive.
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I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.
