Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.
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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.
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I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
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I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recognized me and started tweeting... It was the first time in my life someone handed me ice cream for acting.
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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where each character has produced some sort of minor work? It was like having a magician in the household.
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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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If, by one determined purpose, the hearts of all the graduates, the officials, and the men of China were united, our country would rest upon a great rock, and we could defy the world to overthrow us. To attain this object, it is necessary first that every man should fulfill his duty to his parents and elders. The country would then be at peace.
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I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.
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History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a contagious disease.
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Wit is cultured insolence.
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What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as an essentially closed system. The other is absolutely dependent on its openness.
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People think that I don't work, and I fly around in Oprah's private plane doing whatever I want.
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Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.
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The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.
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We're all human beings; people make mistakes.
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My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you have no money or time, per se, you can find ways to contribute on any level: sharing shelter animals on social media, donating old blankets or towels to a local shelter, starting a petition online for an animal cause.
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There's so much chaos and trouble in the world right now, and we need to broadcast as much peace and love, too.
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It's not about you, it's about the next person. The single best use of a business book is to help someone else. Sharing what you read, handing the book to a person who needs it... pushing those around you to get in sync and to take action-that's the main reason it's a book, not a video or a seminar. A book is a souvenir and a container and a motivator and an easily leveraged tool. Hoarding books makes them worth less, not more.
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Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived.
