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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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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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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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once.
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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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Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.
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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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People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven days a week.
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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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Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage.
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I have fallen in love so many times. If one relationship ended, I would search for another girl. I was always madly in love with all the girls that I dated.
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For a while there, our writing got really edgy... I've always written about experiences, so when your life gets a bit crazy, you start to write songs that are a bit edgy.
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Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.
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It's time to renew our commitment to the world around us.
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Oh, what a day-to-day business life is.
