Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
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My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.
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Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
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A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all.
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Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.
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The last time I twerked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it!
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India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.
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I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.
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I'm an atheist, a devout atheist, but I find religion fascinating. Primarily because of cultural references, as in: This is what we grew up with. Both on a personal level and a collective level.
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If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?
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The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.
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Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you.
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Some people appear to be more meager in talent than they are, just because the tasks they set themselves are always too great.
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Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
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It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and other's as inferior.
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One of the things I noticed about the '2 Broke Girls' pilot was that it looked like a new episode in a season and not a pilot, and that's an amazing sign.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.