Honore de Balzac Quotes
Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue.Honore de Balzac
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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.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
Pablo Sandoval -
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
Candace Camp -
That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
Dan Quinn -
We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
Walker Percy -
I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
Jack Brickhouse
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
Cameron Winklevoss -
I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
Babe Paley -
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
Victoria Woodhull -
I like a mannish man: a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman - not just a man with muscles.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.
Mads Mikkelsen -
The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money.
Naveen Andrews
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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?
Adam McKay -
I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.
Jack Black -
I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
There was a moment when we were casting 'Groundhog Day' when Bill Murray was not at the top of my list. He'd been getting crankier and crankier. By the end of 'Ghostbusters II', he was pretty cranky. I thought, 'Do I want to put up with this for twelve weeks?'
Harold Ramis -
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
Yahoo Serious -
What Guitar Hero has done is to turn music inside out. Whereas the iPod made music very personal, very singular - you put your ear-buds in and you listen to it - Guitar Hero turned it around and made it very social. So it is fun to play. It's fun to play against people.
Dan Rosensweig
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No one wants to be some guy who puts records out about how good it is. That seems quite arrogant.
Gary Jarman -
No government which governs by the use of force can survive except by force. There is no going back because force begets force and the perpetrators of crimes live in fear that they might become victims in their turn.
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo -
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.
Al Jardine -
I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete.
Ben Saunders -
Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue.
Honore de Balzac