Honore de Balzac Quotes
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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A lot of the time, you see something really beautiful, but if you don't have the perfect figure and are a really small size, it won't work well for you.
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I bartended for a catering company for two or three years.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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My mom and I are very close.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed in a timeless way. It is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves; it cannot be attained, but it will happen of its own accord, if we will only let it.
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I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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When I was teaching, I gave a lot of my mind and anxiety to it. There was always something clenched and anxious in me until the classes were over.
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If the risk is high, the reward is high... Why not roll the dice?
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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
