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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I think, Queen Victoria's diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library.
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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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Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.
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How you going to stop me, cupcake? Hit me with your book bag?" "If I have to.
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If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.
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Thee may tell Aunt Janet from me that she might as well try to stop the stars in their courses as to try to stop a love affair.
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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.
