Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.
Samuel Johnson
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Even before I joined journalism, I knew that this is what I wanted to do. Tintin was an early inspiration.
Bobby Ghosh
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If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder.
Jamie Dimon
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I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way.
Anne Enright
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Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
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Though lovers be lost, love shall not.
Dylan Thomas
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It grossed something like 12 million dollars and started a cycle of so-called boy-meets-ghoul horror films.
Boris Karloff
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The question in the Simpson case has never been whether he is guilty or not guilty but, given the facts and circumstances of this case, whether it is possible for him to be innocent. And the answer to that question has always been an unequivocal no.
Vincent Bugliosi
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One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
Bill Nighy
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I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action... It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
Angelina Jolie
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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas