Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes
An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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Everything can be going well, but if I'm not writing, I'm not happy. When I'm writing well, I'm like a different person.
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It's part of the magic of 'Game of Thrones,' all the secrets.
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But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24.
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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
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I did grow up in a very small town, and I only had a couple of people in my year at school. There were a lot of kids to play with - maybe not the same age, but there was always someone around.
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Oὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει
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Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
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Television is hard work. It's all hard work. Theatre is hard work. I tell you, I have bruises from changing backstage. Those quick changes are really difficult.
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I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.
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I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
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We're always doing a lot of user studies on health and safety. We take it super seriously. But if you look back at the history of most new big technology breakthroughs, there is some element of controversy around what impact is it going to have.
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Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
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Consciousness is not sharply defined, but fades into sub-consciousness; and beyond that we must postulate something indefinite but yet continuous with our mental nature. This I take it be the world-stuff.
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If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.
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Art is when things appear rounded.
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An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.
