Honore de Balzac Quotes
A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because it alone turns out a truly accomplished man.Honore de Balzac
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
Zelda Fitzgerald -
My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
Dan Carter -
Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
E. L. Doctorow -
The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
Washed Out -
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
J. Michael Straczynski
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
Gary Sherman -
It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
Karel Capek -
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
Xun Kuang -
Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
Olivia De Havilland -
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
Cavour
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I love zoo sanctuaries.
Nancy Travis -
Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.
Nasim Pedrad -
I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
Randy Bachman The Guess Who -
The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
Safra A. Catz -
What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
Sabrina Carpenter
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
Candace Bushnell -
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
Vladimir Nabokov -
My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily.
D. H. Lawrence -
I'm only at the beginning of my career, but I feel successful in that I haven't sold out in any way, shape or form. I feel good about the choices I've made, and I don't feel like I've let go of any of my values.
Zoe Kravitz -
All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.
Fred Wilson -
A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because it alone turns out a truly accomplished man.
Honore de Balzac