Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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I have a phone obsession. It's really hard on set sometimes because I'll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, 'Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.' Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life.
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I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but you don't live in the same city.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
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I'm not making films just to be bold.
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Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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What it is now is basically, I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac. And how it works is, say - I have a program called 'Ableton Live.' And, you know, you'll open it up, and it's just blank. There's nothing there. And then you start.
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I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
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That's how you live. You participate. You take risks.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - 'Lana Del Rey' reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.
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A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
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By dimension, we simply mean an independent direction in which, in principle, you can move; in which motion can take place. In an everyday world, we have left-right as one dimension; we have back-forth as a second one; and we have up-down as a third.
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I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments.
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My kids - even though it's a family business - they don't even know what day or time 'Survivor' is even on. They just know it's on TiVo.
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I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I've always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
