Pierre Corneille Quotes
Mourir pour le pays est un si digne sort,Qu’on briguerait en foule une si belle mort.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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I became, suddenly, not just a Muslim in faith. I became a Muslim in politics. Somebody whose politics were pre-defined by one interpretation of Islam.
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I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life. I try to keep that as much in balance with work as I can.
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I think my blog is fairly circumspect and elliptical. I've written personal essays, but they are short and to the point: in and out, and that's that.
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We all have our painful pasts we have to get through.
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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
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Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.
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I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.
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I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.
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I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
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Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
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Cui peccare licet, peccat minus.
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I acted like a human male. When I act like a human male it doesn't make me less human, it just makes me less female.
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If the remonstrance had been rejected I would have sold all I had the next morning and never have seen England more, and I know there are many other modest men of the same resolution.
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Who could believe in prophecies of Daniel or of Miller that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds?
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I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
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Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women.
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It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.
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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
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Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.
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Mourir pour le pays est un si digne sort,Qu’on briguerait en foule une si belle mort.
