Bernard Pivot Quotes
They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
Quotes to Explore
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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History's a resource.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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Out-marriage is an issue religious groups have been wrestling with for some time. Of course men and women fall in love. Of course it's not always convenient to their respective cultural and spiritual norms.
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After some time, my reputation preceded me each time I was given a new posting.
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It's important to practice good hygiene, At least if you wanna run with my team.
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'I can’t imagine,' said Dupre, 'a better way to unnerve people than to tell them there’s no cause for alarm.'
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I may be biting off more than I can chew, but with 'The Simpsons' and with 'Futurama,' what I'm trying to do in the guise of light entertainment, if this is possible - is nudge people, jostle them a little, wake them up to some of the ways in which we're being manipulated and exploited.
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Obviously, the issue for the Left isn't aging white males; it is conservatives, whether they are young or old, white or nonwhite, male or female. If female aborigines were conservative, the Left would have a problem with female aborigines.
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They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
