Honore de Balzac Quotes
Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
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The application of a strong magnetic field enables the measurement of the energy of the most penetrating particles to be carried out, and the method may be capable of still further extension and improvement.
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I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.
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When in doubt, do it.
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Country music is what is sincere; that's the main thing.
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I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it now.
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A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
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My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about.
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I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
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The Amman Agreement failed because there was American pressure, and Israeli pressure, on Jordan to deal alone.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
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Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.
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Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.
