Maurice Druon Quotes
The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I am anything but a misogynist - I am quite far to the other side of that.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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Think of social media as the Internet. I can't think of anyone betting against the Internet in 2012.
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Throughout my work is the idea, over and over, that we must all learn to respect one another.
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Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.
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The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.
