Vicomte Delaunay (Delphine de Girardin) Quotes
Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
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When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research.
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In entertainment, there's a theory that you should be lunching and dinnering and going to some kind of power breakfast.
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Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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I have been connected with the Niels Bohr Institute since the completion of my university studies, first as a research fellow and, from 1956, as a professor of physics at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of my father in 1962, I followed him as director of the Institute until 1970.
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There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
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Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.
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Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns - I think I heard that from a squirrel.
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Barack Obama's official nomination as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party nominee, Obama is carrying a big load on his shoulders. He's holding the hopes and dreams of a lot of folks who thought the presidency was only reserved for white men.
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
