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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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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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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It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was diabetic and could meet the same fate if I didn't take care of myself.
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I read widely - for news, the arts, science, for entertainment, and the value of being informed - and, as a fiction writer, I can't help transposing what I learn into the scenario for a novel or story.
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Every traveler knows too well the endless quest for the perfect travel bag: the one that's stylish enough to carry through Paris, sturdy enough to tote around Peru, and - most important - doesn't make your shoulder sag even before you've loaded it up with everything you need for a day of sightseeing.
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Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
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If you can say something beautiful in a very terrible way - I was always drawn to that.
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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.
