Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes
Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.
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To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.
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Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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I grew up as a fan of comic books, and I've been reading them for so long that I've never felt an affinity toward just one.
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There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.
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What's my favourite food? One you order out.
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Sci-fi always runs out a little bit ahead of reality, right? Automatic doors in 'Star Trek,' stuff like that. It all happened, didn't it, finally?
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is.
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There's more than one way to skin a cat. But from the cat's perspective, they all suck. 2.
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As when in Cymbrian plaine An heard of bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting, Doe for the milky mothers want complaine, And fill the fieldes with troublous bellowing.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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The child has talent, loves music, and needs help. I can't give her money, but I can teach her; so I do, and she is the most promising pupil I have. Help one another, is part of the religion of our sisterhood, Fan.
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I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.
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I don't follow anything online. I am rather slow on that side.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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My rule is always if you keep your basics classic. You can add seasonable and very trendy stuff and always look modern and updated, but if you're questioning something and its expensive, err on the side of classic.
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You may have seen me in movies like 'Fast & Furious' and 'Avatar.' But I wouldn't have been able to do any of that without hard work and determination. You can accomplish anything if you just stay out of trouble and do the right things.
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.
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Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.
