Marquis de Sade Quotes
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I never left doo wop.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I'll tell you one thing, it's a cruel, cruel world.
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They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there.
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You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
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There's nothing nicer than getting a round of applause for turning up for work. It's amazing! You start work, and people clap. Do you know what I mean? And then they stand up and clap at the end.
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If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a degree in microbiology. And do well. Study hard and go to graduate school.
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Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
