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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No one who has studied Western history can cling to the belief that the Nazis invented genocide.
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They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly.
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I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.
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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences... That solves a lot of problems ... Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen ... [W]hat makes a work of art 'good' for you is not something that is already 'inside' it, but something that happens inside you.
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I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.
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That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
