Pierre Corneille Quotes
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.
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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
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I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.
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Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.
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Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.
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I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.
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Life's philosophy, hm... I just say, 'Do what you do and have fun doing it and try not to be too miserable.'
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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart.
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Europe in its infinite wisdom decided to deal with this bankruptcy by loading the largest loan in human history on the weakest of shoulders … What we’ve been having ever since is a kind of fiscal waterboarding that has turned this nation into a debt colony.
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My heart, the bird of the wilderness, has found its sky in your eyes.
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I know little about the women of my own race...
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When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and I have a young daughter - has to take second place.
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I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.
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This country is a place that you've got to stay invested in.
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You were born with compassion, only that also means that when people are cruel to you it cuts you deep. You won't understand that you have to walk right up to the ones who are being hateful and laugh in their faces and earn their respect. Instead you'll try to figure out what you did to make them mad at you.
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Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
