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.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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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.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
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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.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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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.
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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.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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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.
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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
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I love zoo sanctuaries.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Wal-Mart impoverished its own customer base. Google is facing exactly the same issue long-term, although not yet.
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Without perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use.
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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class – my class had 29 men and 6 women – those men were all very used to working with women.
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The higher people get, the more evolved and psychologically healthy people get, the more will enlightened management policy be necessary in order to survive in competition and the more handicapped will be an enterprise with an authoritarian policy.
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KING: Well, some Christians are.
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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.
