Octave Mirbeau Quotes
Come now, don't make such a funeral face. It isn't dying that's sad; it's living when you're not happy.
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren't finished when they finish their speech.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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I love New York. Love it.
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Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.
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Don't ever let the other stuff get in the way of your inherent skills as a kick-butt storyteller. Move the reader, make them happy and sad and excited and scared. Make them stare into space after they've put the book down, thinking about the tale that's become a part of them.
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Come now, don't make such a funeral face. It isn't dying that's sad; it's living when you're not happy.
