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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When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you're wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.
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It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.
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And no matter how serious an environmental problem the automobile poses in today's big city, the horse was dirtier, smelled worse, killed and maimed more people, and congested the streets just as much.
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History is not just about the past. It also reveals the present.
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I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.
