Marquis de Sade Quotes
All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously is difficult when you're baseball team is the Mud Hens.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor.
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I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.
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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
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Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
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I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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Here's the problem with Easter. The Catholic Church needs to pick a date because it keeps moving. And I think the reason they always have Easter moving to different dates is to catch us.
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'It's a cookbook!'
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Passion--it's the driving force that you just can't ignore. It's what will make your new adventure seem more like fun, than work. It's the difference between wanting to start a business and craving it.
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Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.
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In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit.
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All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one.
