Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes
What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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I seemed to have been born reading.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I want to be a major force.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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I have a couture body.
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Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.
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I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.
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I'm looking for a world where love will no longer be extraordinary.
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The first colours which made a strong impression on me were light juice green, white, crimson red, black and yellow ocher. These memories go back to the third year of my life. I saw these colours on various objects houses and roofs, in Russia which are not as clear in my mind as the colours themselves.
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Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.
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In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.
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When the sun appears which dispels darkness in general, you put out the light which dispelled it for you in particular for your need and convenience.
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What plethora of material goods can possibly atone for a waking life so humanly belittling, if not degrading, as the push-button tasks left to human performers?
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I do not believe on giving amnesty.
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Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.
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Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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Christians get trees. Jews get bushes. To stay in good standing with the Tribe, you've got to refer to a Christmas tree as a Hanukkah bush.
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If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well.
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madam," the man cried, leaping to the ground, "you're hurt!" "I'm dead, sir!" she replied. A few minutes later, they became engaged.
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What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.
