Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majoritySébastien-Roch Nicolas
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
T. V. Carpio -
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
Sam Kinison -
I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
Barbra Streisand -
Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Oliver Goldsmith -
I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
Yvonne Strahovski
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
Daniel Defoe -
I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
Dan Webster -
I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.
Wendy E. Long -
I like to travel by myself.
Carly Rae Jepsen -
What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
Laura Dern -
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
Napoleon Hill
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I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.
Karl Kraus -
Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law.
Lamar S. Smith -
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Mark Twain -
One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give interest to one's old age.
Oscar Wilde -
The tattoo can only exist as part of the skin, as a drawing always is an incision in the material and therefore cannot be parted from it.
Antoni Tapies -
I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
Zaha Hadid
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I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.
Harlan Coben -
August [Wilson] elevates in us is the average man in a way that is heroic and real and human. What you do is you sit with our pathology, you invest in our humanity. We're not walking around like walking symbols like we mean something larger. We're just moving throughout our lives and that's the power of the piece. That's revolutionary.
Viola Davis -
One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas