Honore de Balzac Quotes
It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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I am a very selfish person.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic music. And it was only, I suppose, by the time Jethro Tull was getting underway that we did let the music begin to have a harder edge, in particular with the electric guitar being alongside the flute.
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Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.
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Music is like magic. There's a certain feeling you get when you real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit.'
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It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
