Gaston Bachelard Quotes
A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I would like to see America some day.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score?
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
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This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.
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A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.
