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.
Pat Cadigan -
Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
F. Murray Abraham -
A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all.
Randall Terry -
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.
Jan Schakowsky -
The last time I twerked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it!
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
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.
Henry Paulson
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I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.
C. Douglas Payne -
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.
Rabih Alameddine -
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?
Immanuel Kant -
The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.
Norman Vincent Peale -
Don't second guess the mistakes you've made, others will do that for you.
Albert Einstein -
Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
Michael Faraday
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The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.
William Shakespeare -
Those men that in their writings are most wise Own nothing but their blind, stupefied hearts.
William Butler Yeats -
[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.
Pablo Picasso -
Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .
Gautama Buddha -
Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world's concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.
Lauryn Hill Fugees