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.Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
Jack Nicholson -
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
T Bone Burnett -
I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
Karen Hughes -
I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
Dana Perino -
When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
Irwin Winkler -
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
Van Morrison
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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.
Cameron Mackintosh -
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.
Edith Widder -
Sentimus experimurque, nos aeternos esse.
Baruch Spinoza -
Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.
Ovid -
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.
Camille Paglia -
To me, torture would be watching sports on television.
Quentin Tarantino
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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
Kim Wilde -
You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.
Jacqueline Bisset -
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'.
Ki Hong Lee -
Great companies are built in the office, with hard work put in by a team.
Emily Chang -
In 'Kinky Boots,' I looked for moments to be bold, showing Lauren's gutsiness and smarts. She's a little bit kooky now, too, and I love me some kooky.
Annaleigh Ashford -
I grew up in Philadelphia.
Leslie Odom, Jr.
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Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.
Jaime Lerner -
China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
Jack Ma -
Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.
V. S. Naipaul -
You can always control the results. You can always control your attitude and effort every day.
Will Compton -
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.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas