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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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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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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The great thing about journalism is that there is so much exposure to all kinds of people who can turn up later as characters, whether you intend it or not.
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I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
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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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images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered
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We all have the archetype inside us of the enlightened being.
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The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.
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My father constantly reminded me that he named me after Angela Yvonne Davis, a scholar and activist who was well known for her work in tandem with the Black Panther Party. That felt like a purposeful, beckoning call to engage in strategic resistance and to fight for the oppressed.
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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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.
