Octave Mirbeau Quotes
Solitude does not consist in living alone; it consists in living with others, with people who take no interest in you.
Quotes to Explore
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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I don't mind finding these ugly sides to my personality and exaggerating them because that's something you can write towards.
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We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion.
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
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Solitude does not consist in living alone; it consists in living with others, with people who take no interest in you.
