Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Maurice Maeterlinck

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• The most amazing set where I've shot 'Game of Thrones' is definitely Croatia, in Dubrovnik. It's such a stunning country with lots of good watersports there as well. Just a beautiful, beautiful place.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Good
  • Country
  • Game

• I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Fun
  • Myself
  • Now

• To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Up
  • World
  • God

• If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Change
  • Better

• As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Success

• I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Never
  • Just
  • Been

• If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Night
  • Man
  • Stars

• Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.

  

  Gavyn Davies
  • Me
  • Control
  • Marriage

• As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.

  

  Iain Banks
  • Up
  • Time
  • Wish

• I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Different
  • Ideas
  • Movies

• I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Girl
  • Never
  • Special

• I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • People
  • Think
  • Know

• Probably the most formative experience was reading the 'Foundation' trilogy when I was about twelve years old. That wasn't the first science fiction I had ever read, but it's something that stands out in my memory as having had a big impact on me.

  

  Ted Chiang
  • Experience
  • Science
  • Reading

• I cannot live anywhere else except India.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Live
  • India
  • Else

• On Christmas, my family and I see a movie and go out for Chinese food. We don't celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense, in that we do not actually celebrate Christmas.

  

  Eden Sher
  • Family
  • Movie
  • Food

• My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it, like now. If everyone's sitting around being social, I'm not great.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Different
  • Wife
  • Purpose

• I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Time
  • Fight
  • Mistakes

• I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

  

  Adam Arkin
  • Team
  • Like
  • Feel

• At the earliest age, when I saw a 'wet paint' sign, I had to touch the paint to see if it was wet. When I get stopped at the stoplight in the middle of the night, and there's just no cars coming, and the light is red, I go. I don't think I'm putting anyone in harm's way, and I'll just take the consequences. Because I'm a Libertarian.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Age
  • Night
  • Light

• I just wanna go on the record to say I talk about U2 so much, I should be their publicist. I should be added to the PR team. U2 is my favorite band of all time. I love them so much.

  

  Phoebe Robinson
  • Time
  • Team
  • Band

• The time that I've taken I pray is not wasted Have I already tasted My piece of one sweet love

  

  Sara Bareilles
  • Time
  • Taken
  • Sweet

• Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Life
  • Sweet
  • Victory

• It is sweet to dance to violins When Love and Life are fair:To dance to flutes, to dance to lutesIs delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feeTo dance upon the air!

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Sweet
  • Fair

• An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

  

  Maurice Maeterlinck
  • Sweet