Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.
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I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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Jimmy Grants is my first stop every time I go home to Australia. They make the best souvlakis you have ever tasted.
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Like, I mean I don't even know why you girls bother at this point. Like give it up, it's me. I win and you lose.
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Quite often in negotiations people start out by saying no and then they turn around, ... A few more days and perhaps we'll see some movement.
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There was already a deep black wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin.
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They have to pay people competitive wages and competitive benefits.
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The father, the mother and the teacher are the three primarily responsible for moulding the future of the country.
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I will confess I am a great wingman. Since I have a girlfriend, I'll start the night with her, but then I'll help out the guys by making them sound like the most incredible guys in the world.
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But the basic principle that we’re going to have to see some of this debt written down, that the government is going to have to support some banks, that others that are not viable, essentially that we’re going to have to do something with those assets.
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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
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You cannot do anything without rousing the masses to action.
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I thought I was answering a question that I had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage - would I consider that. So let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage. I did not say that and that is not something I would consider.
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Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.
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Gradually, as more and more of our needs are met, we discover a crucial truth: that we are the most influential, effective and powerful person who can help us get what we need. The more we realize this, the more we can seek out, ask for and actually realize our needs.
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Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.
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We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.
