Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
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And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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Excellence always sells.
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I'm friends with a lot of Brits, and they tell me when they're over here what a huge phenomenon 'The Wire' has become. Some things just attain critical mass after they're already dead and buried, and I don't know why it was the case with 'The Wire'.
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If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.
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I grew up with games. It changed my life. It changed my social relationships with my friends. It defined my childhood. It's something I really cherished.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.
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Both sexes allow men dentists inside our mouths, but, well, have you ever let a man who is a dental hygienist inside your mouth? The man must earn his way to our private places in a way not required of a woman-he must become the doctor or the dentist, or forget it.
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If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
