Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle) Quotes
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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As a young man, I think I was in a bit of the revenge business for too many years of my life.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.
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I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
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Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
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Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
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Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
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First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.
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True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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People don't teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it's something I'd never had to handle, because I'd been rejected for so long.
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I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been on reality TV or something.
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The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
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And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history - and say they have no credibility because they committed a sin or made a mistake.
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Much of aging comes from a misunderstanding of the effect of comfort.
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There's competition at every phase of your life. The day we start thinking about it, you lose your peace of mind. I don't compete with anyone.
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Now after arrest, within three months, the consular services will have to be made available.
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What resonates culturally with me about Japanese style is that it is very covered up but very sensual.
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A sense of style can be sort of fun, as long as it doesn't get in the way.
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I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
