Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

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So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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As a filmmaker whose first film was made with the DIY tools of digital cinema, I love how the democratization of the filmmaking process and platforms like YouTube enables people to tell stories that in previous generations simply could not be told.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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The divestment movement is a start at challenging the excesses of capitalism. It's working to delegitimize fossil fuels and showing that they're just as unethical as profits from the tobacco industry.
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Real obsession needs an unconscious motivation behind it.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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In 1964, at the age of 39, Flannery O'Connor died from complications of lupus. She had lived with this autoimmune disease for 14 years, primarily confined to her mother's farm, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Ga.
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It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues.
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We need to create an ecosystem which will make young people want to start their own company.
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It's interesting that some people reading the comics see Scott Pilgrim as a blank slate in that they like to imagine themselves as Scott Pilgrim, so it's interesting that there are two kind of schools of thought about the character. One is, like, Scott Pilgrim is awesome. The second is Scott Pilgrim believes himself to be awesome.
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It was easy to hate if he did not think, Simon discovered.
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It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses,When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses.
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Unconventional warfare needs to remain the heart and soul of U.S. Special Operations Command and component commands.
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You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly. "What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron. "What did you have to imitate her for?" "She laughed at my mustache!" "So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
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Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.
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As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.