Jean Henri Fabre Quotes
The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.Jean Henri Fabre
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
Mamie Van Doren -
When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
Karen DeCrow -
A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.
Olivia De Havilland -
I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
Taylor Swift
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
Ian Millar -
In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
Gary Weiss -
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
Dan Rather -
Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
Oscar Robertson -
Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
Ice T -
First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
Adam McKay
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I trained in medicine in India, and after that, I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.
Vikram Patel -
The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
Oliver Cromwell -
Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
Olympia Dukakis -
I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
Calvin Klein -
India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
Kailash Satyarthi -
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
W. H. Auden
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A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret.
Verite -
Somehow, people just like to look at me.
Dorothy Dandridge -
The demise of Reconstruction had made it hard for blacks to acquire capital or to pass on property to their children. As blacks were driven from all but the most limited spheres of business and political life, the prestige of the professional rose in the black community.
Darryl Pinckney -
For me, taking photographs is such a tortured process. I'm always feeling like I'm not getting enough: I'm in the wrong place, the light isn't good, the subject's not comfortable.
Lynsey Addario -
You know it's said that you make your own face. So you don't really have a face until you are 30 or your mid-20s. When you are starting to grow up and show your character in your face.
Nan Goldin -
The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.
Jean Henri Fabre