Honore de Balzac Quotes
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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Generally speaking, I don't think people know a great deal about the Viking culture, apart from the label that is usually attached to them, either pillagers or deviants who came and brought back loot to Norway. It was an incredibly sophisticated, complex and layered culture. They had their own laws, many of which protected women.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.
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Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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Well, c'mon, everyone is a Facebook addict!
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Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.
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So if you don't like your life, change it. How would you change it? You decide. There's no action without first decision. Decision is the mother or the father of action, and action is what changes your life.
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Yes, it's important to make things great, and you can certainly do this by upgrading over time, but good and profitable is better than perfect and never done.
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In high school, I interned at my mother's restaurant and learned the small-business ropes. It was really instructive and taught me to switch contexts quickly, as I contributed to everything from managing the reception desk to building their website.
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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
