Maurice Herzog Quotes
In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.
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I want Bolivians to support their president.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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Millions of animals are euthanized every year because shelters can't find homes for them. Buying animals from pet stores also tends to support puppy and cat mills, many of which have deplorable conditions for animals, which shouldn't be tolerated.
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I wanted to be as authentic as possible because, first of all, Jean Shrimpton is still alive. And, she's interesting enough to be played accurately. I didn't need to add things.
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.
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I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.
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I just try to let myself really focus on the work that's ahead of me and what my job is and how I bring something to life.
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Men being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
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A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first.
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In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.
