Marquis de Lafayette Quotes
The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
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When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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I think that when you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
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As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing.
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For makeup, a bit of blusher - what you call bronzer - a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.
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What really matters is what you do with what you have.
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The danger in a brood mare band is that your mares become antiquated, and you wake up some day and realize that the average age of your band is 15 or 16 and that in another year they won't be producing offspring. I think the ideal average age for a brood mare band is about 10.
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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his,
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If I were a liberal Democrat, people would say I'm the super genius of all time. The super genius of all time. If you're a conservative Republican, you've got to fight for your life. It's really an amazing thing.
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I don't have that many friends.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
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The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.
