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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• 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.

  

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  • 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.

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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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.

  

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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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• 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.

  

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• All artists are equal when they are themselves.

  

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

  

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

  

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• The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica's the only band I've ever been and it's the only I ever wanna be in.

  

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• Back in college, I remember shooting stupid videos with my friends. It would be us going around town in capes pretending we were superheroes.

  

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• If you spend your life living in fear or doubt, you will never actually live life, and will only be coexisting with the rest of the world.

  

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• It is of the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on.

  

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• In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

  

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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