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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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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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 never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.
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When I was a kid, I would be watching TV shows like, you know, like 'Get Smart' and be like, 'That's what being an adult is.'
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I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He`s been assuming a sort of progressive mantle, and he ticked off some large and systemic problems that this country faces.
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The sex element is the most important in the business. You must sell sex.
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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.
