Jules Romains Quotes
Smart people talk about ideas. Common people talk about things. Mediocre people talk about people.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.
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When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
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One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
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To him, a stilted geometric love of arrangement was 'system,' an indefatigable and feverish interest in the pettiest facets of day-to-day bureaucracy was 'industry,' indecision when right was 'caution,' and blind stubbornness when wrong, 'determination.'
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When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make music, and there would be these freestyles on the radio for what seemed like hours; it was just so cool to me.
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A lot of people are upset that I'm not working. They say it's a disgrace.
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Smart people talk about ideas. Common people talk about things. Mediocre people talk about people.
