Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes
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I was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
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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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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 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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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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My brother and my dad always used to shave their hair, and I remember thinking, 'Why can't I do the same?'
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No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
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There are so many surprises in my life; I don't take anything for granted. I enjoy every experience that comes; I don't think too far ahead.
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What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.
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I write for my people.
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My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
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I still don't like authority exercised without reason. But they laugh at you at Cambridge if you say that sort of thing. For them, the law is a system of rules not that different from mathematics.
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I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce.
