Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
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Kirmizi biber has a sweet aroma and can vary in spiciness.
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I survived because I never took on big responsibilities in my private life. In the early days, I lived on two or three pounds a week and learned to cook - and I'm a good cook - because I had to. Even when I went on holiday, I stayed in other people's houses.
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If we are to be good stewards of the ocean, we need to understand what lives there and how the animals interact with each other and with their environment, which means we need to be constantly seeking new and improved methods for exploration and observation.
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Sentimus experimurque, nos aeternos esse.
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Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.
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The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.
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To me, torture would be watching sports on television.
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There is sadness and confusion in our hearts / And the world prepares to fight / as it tears itself apart, it isn't fair
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A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
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You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.
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My favourite day is like when it's raining, and I can just lie on the couch.
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I love coming home to somebody, I love being in a relationship.
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I remember talking with a friend. He asked me a question. He said, 'What's your end game? What's your goal with this?' And I said to him, 'You know, I want to win the Academy Award one day.' And he said, 'OK'.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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Even if it's a wonderful life, you wanna go somewhere and see the way other people reflect on the world and the lives that we're all living... I think regional theater is the life blood of our cultural lives.
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When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.
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What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.
