Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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I basically use Facebook and Twitter and MySpace to communicate with the fans. I don't think it's necessarily about advancing my career, but I do want to be able to connect with my fans. They are so important to me, and a lot of them have stuck with me since the very beginning, and that means so much to me.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
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The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.
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I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff.
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Fundamental physics is like an art more or less. It's completely non-practical, and you can't use it for anything. But it's about the universe and how the world came into being. It's very remote from your daily life and mine, and yet it defines us as human beings.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
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I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.
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The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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What I don't understand is these people who go on the street wearing riding clothes, and they have never been on a horse. They ought to have their heads examined, really. It's a joke. But, let's face it, we live in a fantasy world.
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Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.
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The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.
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Nothing is unnatural - just untried.
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Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
