Pierre Corneille Quotes
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
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As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.
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Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
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It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.
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It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now.
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There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation.
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I think if you create something and you get an audience for it, then the monetization part is really secondary.
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I've always said the rubber duck is a yellow catalyst.
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My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.
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I think I put a lot of special attention towards creating interesting textures and unique sounds. Music essentially boils down to two main elements: rhythm and melody. I feel tones and textures often get overlooked, so I like to take my time finding the right sounds.
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My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films.
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All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
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Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few.
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A man who doesn’t detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.
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He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers threw off the yoke of Popery in religion; for you is reserved the honor of leveling the popery of politics. They opened the Bible to all, and maintained the capacity of every man to judge for himself in religion.
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Nine days after an attack on the United States, this tiny clique of intellectuals Neocons was telling the President of the United States...that if he did not follow their war plans, he would be charged publicly with a 'decisive surrender' to terrorism.
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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
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The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.
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After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
