Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
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I really wanted to work and become independent.
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Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
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It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
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To be honest, I've just become a Steelers fan.
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The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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Well, I don't want to become a prognosticator.
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The crimes that become iconic etch themselves into the collective consciousness because they suggest a frightening truth: that the universe does not rely on cause and effect.
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Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.
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I become quite obsessive when I get into something.
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I had a dream to become a mounted policewoman.
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I've since become really good at overwhelming myself.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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The number of industries, communities, habits, traditions, and even interpersonal interactions that Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize is massive.
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Not a lot of the country format I enjoy listening to.
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I might like to believe that every day, every hour, every minute of every hour of every day with Henry was *not* the happiest time I ever knew. I might like to believe that I am remembering it that way only because the happiest time ever makes it a better story. Because that's all you have left after people are gone from you, some things and some stories.
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The middle class, in any society, plays the role of graphite rods in nuclear reactors: they slow down the reaction and, if it weren't for them, the reactor would explode. A society without a middle class is a society primed for explosion.
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That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.