Joseph de Maistre Quotes
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
Quotes to Explore
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to say it like that because I wait for calls now.
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My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
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Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.
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I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.
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I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.
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Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
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I've never seen a movement spread as fast as the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
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I gotta say, I know my strengths, and I know my weaknesses, and, well, Fix-It Felix, I'm not too far from that kid.
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If you ever watch police chases on, like, helicopter cams, they very quickly become nightmarish when you start to see the police coming in from the edge of the frame. I always find that terrifying.
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I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement.
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Why not just have fun with clothes? We should be more light-hearted about how we dress, how we look. If you experiment, you can go wrong, clearly; but you can have a wonderful time doing it!
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Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
