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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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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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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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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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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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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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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I feel so sorry for those poor men sitting up there all day. They must be so cold.
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Both sides know the last election was just the beginning of the next election. It's clear there has been no attempt to have any kind of getting along.
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Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of reinterpretation for the new language may be not only inevitable but desirable.
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But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
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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.