Pierre Corneille Quotes
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.
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I don't go out. I don't go to clubs. It's not my thing. I sit at home with my glass of wine and watch hours of reality TV. I have a million shows on my TiVo.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.
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Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.
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The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue.
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You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when you're in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that.
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When I took my shirt off against Caen, everybody asked what these new tattoos were. I had 15 removable tattoos on my body; they are the names of real people who are suffering from hunger in the world.
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Bio-Technology is expected to play a major role in improving productivity.
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I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours and then Iran will stop, I believe. And so everybody else will, because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack.
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The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.
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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
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The artists is responsible for his history and his nature, his history is part of his nature.
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And in his hand a sickle he did holde, To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.
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Now the leaves are falling fast, Nurse's flowers will not last; Nurses to their graves are gone, And the prams go rolling on.
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When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.
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You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at... The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something - that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.
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Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
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I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.
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Despite everything, I have few regrets. I have crammed a lot of living into my time.
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He who pardons easily invites offense.
