Pierre Corneille Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.
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I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn't into hip-hop music. I liked Neil Young.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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When you start punishing and censoring comedians, that's a real bad sign of us as Americans losing our First Amendment rights. As a comedian, I'm gonna push the boundaries. Some things you're going to love, and some things you're going to hate. But this is America. Great people died for us to have this right.
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My court skills may have atrophied.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
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Fear and worry are emotions that cloud the mind from being able to think clearly, to remember what the procedures are to deal with that emergency.
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He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
