Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
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I have a few uniforms – depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me.
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That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.
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The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.
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I just work a lot. I just remember recording in a hotel room in Malaysia. I work on planes, I work on buses. A lot of times when I'm backstage in the hotel or on the bus, I would have new ideas.
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I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it.
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Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
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When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time.
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You can never overlook a guy.
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Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.
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I became known as the guy who did the worst show in the history of television.
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Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that.
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I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.
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The man is king. The man is supreme.
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The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
