Marquis de Sade Quotes
She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring.Marquis de Sade
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
Nathan Myhrvold -
What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you're not relaxed, the camera sees it.
Eddie Redmayne -
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
Salman Rushdie -
My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
Mahershala Ali -
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney -
All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
Manal al-Sharif
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
Warren Spector -
I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
Edmund Burke -
My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
Carlene Carter -
I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
Jack Kerouac
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
Malcolm Turnbull -
I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.
Fiona Apple -
Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.
Calista Flockhart -
Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.
Daniel Bruhl -
America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Across the board, women are unhappy with our industry.
Abigail Johnson
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Scotland is about layering. The weather changes every 10 minutes.
Sam Heughan -
If a woman rising in power is too tough or aggressive, she's attacked for it. If she's attractive, she's accused of having used that to her advantage. And even if a woman is beyond qualified for a role, there will always be those who raise doubts about if she's really qualified.
Kristen Soltis Anderson -
I'm a variety girl when it comes to different genres.
Jamie Brewer -
I knew when I shot the 'She Keeps Me Warm' video that the comments were not going to be homophobic... that they would be about fat-shaming. I'm a large girl making out with somebody. I knew just that sheer fact would set people off.
Mary Lambert -
I can actually trace the moment I decided I couldn't be a doctor. It was in biology, they brought in these African crickets and we were supposed to dissect them - but there's no way I was touching those bugs.
Meg Rosoff -
She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring.
Marquis de Sade