Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes
In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.
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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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Life is a school of probability.
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I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs.
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I'm down for adventure and up for anything.
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I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes, but I was scared of flying.
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Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him.
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How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.
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In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.
