Honore de Balzac Quotes
The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.
Honore de Balzac
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I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
M. J. Rose
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
Wagner Moura
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
Hanya Yanagihara
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor Hugo
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
Maeve Binchy
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
Ted Naifeh
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Of this story I can say that it came to me in an irresistible form, crying to be written. It will be accused perhaps of being a mere piece of sentimentality, but, as I saw it, it was a great deal more. If, therefore, it lacks the ring of sincerity, or even, of tragedy, the fault rests not with the theme but with my handling of it.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
Edd Byrnes
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I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.
Bruce Willis
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You just see your hands, your ice axe, and your crampons...and they have to just move.
Ueli Steck
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I would love to be on a show where I'm allowed to play a character that you're not suspicious of, from the get-go, and who's someone that you can just relax with, take in and like, right off the bat.
Courtney Ford
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The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.
Honore de Balzac
