Pierre Corneille Quotes
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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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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 will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it.
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It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.
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We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films and television programs, operating 24-hour newsrooms. It all adds carbon to the atmosphere.
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I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.
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Sooner or later, the headphone jack is going away. There are just too many reasons aligned against it sticking around any longer.
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Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement. That was kind of a gateway drug into indie rock. I got all their B-sides, and I got that 'Hey Drag City' comp, so I got into all those Drag City bands.
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Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
