Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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The march of the human mind is slow.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Throughout my childhood, I did a form of Irish dancing that was kind of the precursor to 'Riverdance.' It was a mixture of ballet and Irish dancing that my teacher, Patricia Mulholland, had invented, essentially. It was Irish ballet, and she would create performances based around the myths and legends of Ireland.
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Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.
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Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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I suppose I could have sat back and pitied myself. For a time I wondered if I'd ever be able to go on to a stage and perform again. After a couple of weeks I began to feel I could fight my way back to health if I put my mind to it. I thought to myself: 'Pity never did anybody any good. Go on. Patsy, show 'em what you can do'
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
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When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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Manufacturers and sellers acting within the law should not be held responsible for the actions of criminals who misuse their products.
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I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.
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a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something
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I am overcome by a feeling of complete detachment. I am a mere object to these people. I am barely human any more.
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When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting.
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It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines. (...) If someone asks me how I can sleep at night knowing that my arms have killed millions of people, I respond that I have no problem sleeping, my conscience is clean. I constructed arms to defend my country.
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Given certain known factors in an equation and the equation comprising a situation of absolute need - any form of need - you can predict the results. Leave a sick junkie in the back room of a drugstore and only one result is possible.
