Pierre Corneille Quotes
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.
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The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.
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I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
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In 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).
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If you consistently write 'The sun set' rather than 'The sun sank slowly in the bright western sky,' your story will move three times as fast. Of course, there are times you want the longer version for atmosphere - but not many. Wordiness not only kills pace; it bores readers.
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I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!
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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
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Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.
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Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.
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Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.
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Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians.
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There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter.
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'Most of my business comes from picking up the pieces when people get things wrong.' She grinned. 'I’ll never lack for work.'
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History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
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Cowardice is the greatest sin.
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There was a time in the marriage when I could no longer look at myself in a mirror, couldn't feel I was a nice person. A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.
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Simplicity is the base of everything. At the end of the day if you feel good about yourself, you don't need anything. You don't have to depend on the power of a dress to dress you up. You wear dress the dress, it's not the opposite. It's not only a designer, it's not only just fashion, it's a philosophy. It's a lifestyle.
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I think he tries to be nice. But he has absolutely zero self-awareness. None. Zip. So we see the public Donald Trump, the candidate, as being different than the in-person Donald Trump.
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
