Honore de Balzac Quotes

They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them.

Honore de Balzac

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• For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.

  

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• But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

  

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• In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop.

  

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• I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.

  

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• Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and enable you to enter into your marriage with a better understanding of each other and what is important. Work and home responsibilities, joint or separate accounts, budgets, etc. are all subjects which should be discussed.

  

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• It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Always
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• There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.

  

  Vikram Patel
  • Mind
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• Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

  

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  • Work
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• I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

  

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  • Good
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• So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

  

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  • Up
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• Crim has baggage: expectation, history, responsibility.

  

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• I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Action
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• It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

  

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  • Long
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• I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
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• All artists are equal when they are themselves.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Artists
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• I think Jerusalem can be and should be the capital of two states.

  

  Federica Mogherini
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• I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

  

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• I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.

  

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• God save the Queen and a fascist regime … a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure. Never go too far in any direction, is the basic law on which Limey-Land is built. The Queen stabilizes the whole sinking shithouse and keeps a small elite of wealth and privilege on top. The English have gone soft in the outhouse. England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead. Ingloriously foundering in its own waste products, the backlash and bad karma of empire

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • Stupid
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• Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • Danger
  • Commodity
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• I was something of a problem kid. I was emotional, wild, rebellious at school. I'm very touched by kids who don't have advantages; they are much more interesting than kids who have everything. They have a lot of passion and emotion, such a strong will.

  

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• I haven't done many commercials, and I'm very picky about it because it comes down to creative control.

  

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• They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Stupid
  • Danger
  • Shame