Marquis de Sade Quotes
It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
Quotes to Explore
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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Papa died when he was 77.
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I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
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My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
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I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.
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People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with them.' We get sick and we have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.
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I've always taken direction pretty well.
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I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.
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A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.
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Some people have a blog that's, like, 'Today I brushed my teeth.' Well, who cares? Who cares that you brushed your teeth. Okay - you brushed your teeth! That's so massively egocentric, it's just ridiculous.
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I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.
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Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.
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I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.
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I just don't let music genres define me.
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Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed as an instrument, in the same way as genius in respect to art. It would be as foolish to expect that our moral and ethical systems would turn out virtuous, noble, and holy beings, as that our aesthetic systems would produce poets, painters, and musicians.
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I am like the she-wolf. I broke with the pack. I fled to the mountains. Growing tired of the flatlands.
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Real dancers are the ones who can hear the music in their soul.
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Have you ever noticed how transparent people are when you really look at them?
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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
