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.
Flume -
I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
K. Flay -
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.
Mahavira -
I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
Mae West -
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.
Danica McKellar -
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.
Ward Churchill
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
Walter Cronkite -
I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
Zac Goldsmith -
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.
Ted Lange -
To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.
Webb Simpson -
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.
Dan Malloy -
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.
Valerie Jarrett
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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.
Samantha Stosur -
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.
Nancy Cartwright -
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.
J. M. G. Le Clezio -
L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
Damian Lewis -
A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
Victor Hugo -
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.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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I can easily sleep from nine to 13 hours a night.
Francesca Annis -
Stole my first name from 'Evening in Paris' and the second from Elizabeth Arden.
Eve Arden -
I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
Ira Glass -
Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.
Ian Mckellen -
I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
Olivia Colman -
Sects differ more in name than tenets.
Honore de Balzac