Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let's put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don't.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
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I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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Phones remain a critical component of the Microsoft device portfolio and an important piece of our mobility strategy, but a restructuring is in order.
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The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.
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I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.
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If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way.
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Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style.
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Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
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In a forbearance, the homeowner pays interest and principal on a smaller mortgage, at least for a time, but still owes the full amount. The lower monthly payment helps with affordability, giving stressed homeowners a break.
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I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
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And if I didn’t, I’d spend the rest of my life wondering who I could have turned into if only I’d had the guts to try.
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Out of difficulties grow miracles.
