Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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We can't continue to take from our planet the way we do and not give anything back, and the idea of, 'Oh, but it's fine, I won't have to deal with it in my lifetime,' well, you need to think about the future generations who will have to deal with it.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I like working on my birthday, so I always do.
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In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the part. I'm over getting torn up about that.
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In the age of the mp3, you gotta make the package special, something that's worth owning.
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Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are.
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People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons.
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I don't go to rock bars. Why would I go to rock bars? I can do that every night; it's boring.
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A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
