Joachim du Bellay Quotes
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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But I think we need the international market.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything; it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy.
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On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I don’t usually think about things that are filthy, or unpleasant. I think about the good things, because I know they exist. And I want to believe in those good things.
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Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.
