Jean Racine Quotes
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My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.
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A true man hates no one.
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When did you last have fun being dignified?
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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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In every interview, when they would ask me who should be a judge, I would always say Harry Connick, Jr., so I think I had something to do with him becoming a judge! He has a blunt, dry sense of humor. You never know if he's joking or not, and I think that's going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials.
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I'm definitely the worker. My brother is the jokester.
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I'm a big journaler, so for every new journal, I would change the way my room looked and change the posters on the walls, and I would change what I was wearing, and I would have a playlist, and it all kind of corresponded and matched, and I would change my handwriting in the journals.
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Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
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The days of the misogynistic Bond are sort of over.
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Some people get a kick out of Taylor Hicks being their landlord.
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A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.
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I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.
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Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.
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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
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I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.
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Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of.
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Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.
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I'm very influenced by the circus. A lot of the dreams that I have, I'm in the circus.
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I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.
