Jules Laforgue Quotes
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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It's not class warfare to suggest that we shouldn't look to seniors and the less fortunate to bear the brunt of deficit reduction. I believe America needs to understand there needs to be a sense of fairness.
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In my own country, I play light comedies and funny parts.
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie.
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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.
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The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up.
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I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.
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I don't know how long I would've stayed, to be honest.
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On his first hand he wore rings of stone,Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone.There were rings unseen on his second hand,One was blood in a flowing band,One was air all whisper thin,And the ring of ice had a flaw within.Full faintly shone the ring of flame,And the final ring was without name.
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An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
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I really don't care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.
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I don't think literature would be possible in a determined world. We might go through the motions but the heart would be out of it. Nobody could then 'smile darkly and ignore the howls.' Even if there were no Church to teach me this, writing two novels would do it. I think the more you write, the less inclined you will be to rely on theories like determinism. Mystery isn't something that is gradually evaporating. It grows along with knowledge.
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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
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I've met men who have been married 19, 20 years, and all of a sudden the wife decides one day she needs to find herself.
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that's just a fact of life. So I've taken music into my life and it's gotten into my blood to the point where even when I am alone, I've got something to hang onto.
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Oh, what a day-to-day business life is.
