Vicomte Delaunay (Delphine de Girardin) Quotes
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really doesn't have a beginning, middle or end like a play or a movie script. So you have to be on your toes and bring it every day. And you have to be spontaneous, which is really how I like to work.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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People trash talk me.
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Lady Diana Spencer looked to relatively unknown designers - David and Elizabeth Emanuel, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art - when she wed Prince Charles in 1981.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.
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The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
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It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters.
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To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
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It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.
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You might call me an accidental entrepreneur.
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Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
