Jacqueline de Ribes Quotes
I never throw things out because they are old. I wear my favourite clothes until they are indecent.
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The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
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When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.
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The woman who has her being in marriage and motherhood has become part of antithetical reality, revoking property from the woman who remains in a condition of intangible femininity.
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I don't particularly get nervous about anything.
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I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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In the web products and services world, you have a real-time interaction with your customers, and then a real-time editing of how you as a company are doing.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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When it comes to the periodic table, the United States really blew its chance to make a name for itself. If you look over a map of all the elements named for cities, states, countries, and continents, it's not surprising that European locales dominate the map.
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.
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If you look at the Qur'an with the eyes of a sound heart, you will see that its six aspects are so brilliant and transparent that no darkness, no misguidance, no doubt or suspicion, no trickery could enter it or find a fissure through which to enter and violate its purity.
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I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.
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If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.
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Whoever deliberately attempts to insure confidentiality with another person is usually in doubt as to whether he inspires that person's confidence in him. One who is sure that he inspires confidence attaches little importance to confidentiality.
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I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
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Your business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids. This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting.
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I never throw things out because they are old. I wear my favourite clothes until they are indecent.
