Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
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I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.
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You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.
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I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
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When I'm done fighting, I want to look to get some sort of driving career somewhere. My goal is to eventually get into the Mint 400 and do the trophy truck stuff.
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I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.
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I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.
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I think my time on 'Australian Idol' really helped train my voice for a lot of genres.
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There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.
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As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.
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A good horror movie should have peaks and valleys, a good horror movie should move you emotionally; a good horror movie should be exciting to watch and energizing in a weird kind of way.
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Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet.
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I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?
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Obviously the way that I talk and the way that I dress all has to do with the way that I was raised. As far as the drive, when I was 18 or 21 years old, everything I did was because I wanted to go play music simply because that's what I wanted to do.
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I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
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Nature made the fields and man the cities.
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Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined.
