Marquis De Custine Quotes
Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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High-energy collisions have led to the observation of many hundreds of new hadronic particle states. These new particles, which are generally unstable, appear to be just as fundamental as the neutron and the proton.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn't seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset.
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I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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There's always been something a little pathetic for me at the work parties I've attended, especially thinking back to the restaurants I worked in. I remember a Christmas party in which we all got free T-shirts with the restaurant on the front and our names on the back.
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As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
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I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.
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In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger.
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The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?
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Given charge Ballard would have made things more orderly in the woods and in men's souls. (p.128)
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Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
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Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.
