Honore de Balzac Quotes
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.
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If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.
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Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.
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I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.
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The novelist, he's not a philosopher, not a technician of spoken language. He's someone who writes, above all, and through the novel asks questions.
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L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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In the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses--and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread lace, had their toy spinning wheels of polished oak--there might be seen, in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain palled undersized men who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race.
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You know, they say when someone keeps making excuses to say your name it means they like you.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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To be honest, whenever I go to shoots, or I'm on set, it really makes makeup special and allows me to have so much more fun with it – I don't wear it on an everyday basis, because I like my skin to breathe.
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My father was a very good golfer and he got me started early. My grandfather played, too. It was just something that the Kroft family did. I kind of grew up on the golf course.
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Sects differ more in name than tenets.
