Honore de Balzac Quotes
Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else.
Quotes to Explore
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.
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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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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.
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I'm going to have some fabulous nights out with champagne.
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No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
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Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else.
