Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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Video has become much more social, and as a result, there are many opportunities to use video as a way to connect people, to give them opportunities to play and participate, to make things together and have a shared social experience. I think we are just at the beginning of really exploring what social video is and what we can make of it.
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I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.
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When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
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The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.
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It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.
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The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that.
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Who is a terrorist? Is it not the person who has been persecuting human beings simply because they are black?
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Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace.
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I think it is one of the greatest pictures ever taken of a woman.
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I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
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I know I've dreamed you, a sin and a lie I have my freedom but I don't have much time Faith has been broken, tears must be cried Let's do some living, after we die Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day…
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As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.
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The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.
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I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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I think sometimes writers can get themselves into trouble trying to exert a totally controlled and super-knowing tone. This kind of knowingness is not the most promising tone to be sustained throughout a novel, to have a young woman who understands everybody and is always reading a room perfectly.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
