Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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I feel like the phone was in my way. So I got rid of the phone to focus.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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There's been no real reason to move to LA. The stuff I've done for America has been done in Europe anyway. We made a decision early on that we'd find our base and not shake the children's world as much as mine.
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That's pretty much who I am. I like to get riled up. I feel like it brings the best out of me and the other guys.
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The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn and fashion If Nixon gets away with that, then Nixon makes the law as he goes along - not the Congress nor the courts.
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It's time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents proving that it is a state. What are they hiding? And why haven't we seen these documents?
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Life certainly points it out to you - 'you can go this way or the other way.' You have to decide and it's a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that you're living in the best place, but you're letting the place where you should live alone?
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
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To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.
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Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.
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I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don't like.
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A revenue-neutral carbon tax would benefit all Americans by eliminating the need for costly energy subsidies while promoting a level playing field for energy producers.
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We've navigated a lot of change at Campbell's. The best thing for me to be able to do is to discuss that change with people.
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The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
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To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
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Please you can never compare to me, all these b****es is scared of me. I am who they couldn't even dare to be.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
