Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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Rob Neill has a deep appreciation for the law and the role it can play in the lives of families. Rob's sincere desire to serve and his impressive experience will make him the kind of judge who will change lives and impact families in a positive way.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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If I'm dancing, or teaching, or having a family I would want to live life to the fullest as possible.
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Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.
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There's so many accusations that are so ridiculous about Pete Wentz that are taken as the gospel-people just assume that he posted pictures of his penis on the internet. That is the stupidest fucking thing thing I've ever heard. Why on earth would you ever do that?
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Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to prepare for. We can simply be ourselves.
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When I went to school at Emerson, I was completely charmed living there and loved the architecture of the Back Bay.
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Some things, I think, like fairy books and secret doors, are only meant to be found by children.
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If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.
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Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.
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I don't think I've ever had a bad Valentine's Day, I mean... c'mon, y'all know I never get a bad Valentine. Nah. Um, no, I've never really had - I don't have a bad Valentine's Day. I never really think... it doesn't come up to my mind.
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Don't get me wrong: I love social websites like Facebook and Twitter, but I think it creates way too many opportunities for young people to bully.
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An effective found footage movie is much harder to make than an effective traditionally shot movie. A crappy one is much easier to make because you take your camera, and you shoot the scene, and you're done. But to make it effective, they're actually much trickier.
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I just never wanted to be in a position where I wouldn't be able to walk down the street holding my partner's hand.
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The ones I have got great necks; of course, all of the Fenders from that era are incredible.
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I'm not a wildly gifted person; I don't play an instrument or speak another language or have great accomplishments in another field, as many writers do. But writing feels natural to me; the act of it seems to free up my unconscious, so that sometimes I feel that I have access to more ideas and information than my conscious mind could think up.
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The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
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I think we could stack up. I don't know how it would be to have the whole world looking over your shoulder.
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A potato is a poor thing, poorly treated. More often than not it is cooked in so unthinking and ignorant a manner as to make one feel that it has never before been encountered in the kitchen.
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In our time scholars generally study the Bible in the manner in which they study any other book. As is generally admitted, Spinoza more than any other man laid the foundation for this kind of Biblical study.
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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.
