Francois Mauriac Quotes
Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.
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I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
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There is no truly global justice.
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I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
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I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
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Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it.
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I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
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Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs.
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Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.
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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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Everyone has the right to belong
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I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly.
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Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.
