Marquis de Sade Quotes
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.Marquis de Sade
Quotes to Explore
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
Joanne Rowling -
The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
Halle Berry -
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Barney Frank -
You've got to try to guard, make an effort to defend to the best of your ability. You have to rebound the ball, which was an area that was so critical. And they wanted you to play smart and have fun. I've kind of tried to let our people understand those are the most important things that I could possibly tell them.
Larry Brown -
We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
Larry Hogan -
There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
Abel Ferrara
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
Naima Adedapo -
Haredi youth are smart, and they are going to bring a big benefit to the high-tech industry.
Naftali Bennett -
I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!
Damian Woetzel -
I have disassociated myself from that book.
Uta Hagen -
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
Carlisle Floyd -
The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
Ma Jun
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
Earl Nightingale -
Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that's the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer.
Imre Kertesz -
For me, New York is comfortable, not strange.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
Tatum O'Neal -
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
Irvine Welsh
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I like to be loved or hated – I don't like mediocre. So I'd rather have the entire crowd hate me than to have 90% hate me.
Patrice O'Neal -
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Albert Einstein -
I was always inspired by restaurants like La Tulipe in Manhattan. You'd walk right by and say, 'Oh what a lovely house.' You didn't realize there was a restaurant behind the door.
Charlie Trotter -
It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.
Nathan Fillion -
You never know where inspiration is going to come from.
Edward Enninful -
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
Marquis de Sade