Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes
Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
Quotes to Explore
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Apple's advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn't excellent, it does the superlative hardware a disservice.
Walt Mossberg
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
J. D. Vance
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This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.
Zhang Yimou
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Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that match.
Zac Efron
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
Tamer Hassan
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As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.
Orson Scott Card
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
Felicity Jones
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My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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What kind of people would be able to rationalize better than other people? Better storytellers, right? Creative people, right? Because if you're creative, you find more ways to cheat and still yourself a story about why this is okay.
Dan Ariely
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I tend not to reread books, because there's always something new to discover, but Dorothy Sayers is a comfort grab for me - there's no mood so bleak or cold so bad that Lord Peter and Bunter can't make it right.
Laura Anne Gilman
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I'd be more than delighted to go find energy in Club Med. But we've tried and did not find it.
Christophe de Margerie
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I'd been studying philosophy at the University of Chicago. I hadn't been doing well, because I was sitting in with jazz musicians at night - it's hard to read Heidegger, but it's especially hard if you're half asleep.
Kurt Elling
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The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!
Amanda Schull
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Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.
Geena Davis
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While your intentions may be good, this is something every expectant working mom fears - being phased out. I'll put myself out there and admit this has been/is a fear of mine. Let her be the one to decide whether something's too much for her to handle or not.
Christine Tsai
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The honeysuckle was everywhere the day the letter arrived, like heat. Wild roses bloomed in hedges of tendrils and perfume. There were fat bees, dirigible bees, plump and miniature. It was a sweet, tangled morning, and the sun rose, leisurely, in a spectacular blush.
Cathleen Schine
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An interesting way into the celebrity interview podcast is via their dogs. Celebs may not be keen to let us into their homes, because they don't like us to see how wealthy they are. However, tell them you want to go for a walk on Hampstead Heath with them and their mutt, and they're only too happy.
David Hepworth
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Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
