Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.
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My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.
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Lost in much of the national debate about immigration reform is how Democrats ultimately stand to gain electorally with any legislation or executive action that would put the newly legalized residents on a path to voting.
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I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.
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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.
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I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.
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Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.
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There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there is no wind.
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I love bats! Women are scared of them. They think bats can get caught in their hair, don't they? But bats are the most beautiful of animals, extraordinarily delicate. Have you observed their brilliant little eyes, gleaming with intelligence, and their skin, silky as velvet? And look at all these delicate little bones.
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With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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Nothing is really beautiful but truth, and truth alone is lovely.
