Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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As America's nuclear strategic monopoly faded, the United States sought to create advantages elsewhere, notably in the peaceful cooperation between the United States and communist China under Deng Xiaoping.
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Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
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Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.
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Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.
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I'd hate to have to leave music, but if I got stuck some place, I would.
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As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.
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Win pretty, win ugly, just win.
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My first proper kitchen was this funny little club that we set up in Mercer Street in Covent Garden. It got shut down. Then I worked at a club in Notting Hill.
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There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.
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In considering our traditional ties with the Commonwealth we should remember that it now differs greatly from the entity which existed 20 or 30 years ago. Many of us do not feel quite the same allegiance to Archbishop Makarios or Doctor Nkrumah or to people like Jomo Kenyatta as we do towards Mr. Menzies of Australia.
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When a person doesn’t understand something, he feels internal discord: however he doesn’t search for that discord in himself, as he should, but searches outside of himself. Thence a war develops with that which he doesn’t understand.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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I love the fact that Facebook offers equal leave for moms and dads. Consider that for your company.
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I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
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Families, when they get a housing voucher, they move a lot less. They move into better neighborhoods. Their kids go to the same school more consistently. Their kids have more food, and they get stronger. There are massive returns.
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The water in L.A. tastes like bleach. I literally have to make my tea with Evian water.
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Modeling had never entered my consciousness. I was always like, 'I'm going to act.' But I thought, 'If this can help me with that, great.'
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Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can comprehend all the new things that are thrown at me. It also allows me to sleep well so that I am rested when I need to perform. Finally, being healthy will hopefully allow me to live a long and fun-filled life.
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I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.
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I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.
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Bref, la fortune a toujours tort.
