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No one lives on credit in France because banks don't allow overdrafts and zero percent credit cards do not exist.

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• For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Music
  • Genre
  • Kinds

• Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Peace
  • United
  • Spark

• To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Mind
  • Person
  • Adventure

• If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

  

  Hans Kung
  • Children
  • Wife
  • Temptation

• Usually if I find a film that's challenging, that I'm intrigued by, I want to watch it again knowing what the ending is. I found that with something like 'The Godfather Part II.' I think it took me three watches to fully experience it in the way it was intended.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Experience
  • Watches
  • Ending

• It is the mainspring of life, courage. And courage has many faces.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Life
  • Courage
  • Faces

• I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Leaving
  • Kid
  • Priorities

• I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Good
  • Money
  • Fun

• For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • People
  • Think
  • Me

• My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • She
  • Mother
  • Childhood

• I started doing impressions of Steve Urkel and Ed Grimley as my way of getting through the fear of rejection.

  

  Daniel Breaker
  • Fear
  • Doing
  • Rejection

• Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Bad
  • Soul
  • Deep

• Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Me
  • Old
  • Data

• I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • May
  • Think
  • Enjoy

• Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Mind
  • Success
  • Desire

• Love and despair go hand in hand.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • Love
  • Hand
  • For Her

• Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Time
  • Music

• Can the word ‘best’ mean anything at all, except to some particular person in some particular mood? Perhaps not - so if we allow the word to stand as an absolute, you, or you, or perhaps you, may be appalled at omissions or inclusions or, never having read me before, may even be impelled to cry out, ‘Good heavens, are those his best?’

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • May
  • Mood

• If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Up
  • Reality
  • Support

• The retired L.A.P.D. motor cops who work set security now, all wear the same uniform, they're great guys with great stories, and they're great at their job, providing security on sets.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Work
  • Great
  • Job

• Sounds always fascinated me.

  

  Lawrence Welk

• Police cannot be allowed to continue aggressive, violent, and often unconstitutional policing with impunity.

  

  Opal Tometi
  • Police

• We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Life
  • Up
  • High

• No one lives on credit in France because banks don't allow overdrafts and zero percent credit cards do not exist.

  

  Janine di Giovanni