Honore de Balzac Quotes
Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.
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I sleep better on the road than I do at home. I'm used to sleeping in a million different hotels. I'm not home very often, so when I get home, I have things I want to do.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.
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If you can't find dry shampoo, baby powder is great.
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America is the most creative country and the most powerful government in the world.
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I have a zero tolerance for sanctimonious morons who try to scare people.
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People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't want subscriptions. They don't want a player that only can do this but can't do that and you only have one copy. They don't want that. You know? I don't want that.
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When I was on Broadway when I was little, I remember always driving through Times Square with my dad to the theater. Now when I go back, you can't even drive on Broadway in the 40s. New Times Square is too touristy to me.
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Airbnb's genius was moving into cities and recognizing that millennials would want to go and maybe spend a vacation or visit some friends in an urban center.
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I couldn't survive just doing independent movies. And I'd rather do modelling than movies or TV I didn't like.
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Consonant intervals and dissonant intervals are processed via separate mechanisms in the auditory cortex.
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Our producer Jon Davison thought it would be a good idea to put in additional TV scenes. So, they sent me a tape of these additional TV scenes, and I watched them, and I didn't think they were that great. I didn't think it was worth putting them in.
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I find campfire stories and urban legends are kind of the bread and butter that inspires a lot of people who are making horror and thriller. There is a nugget of truth behind these sort of cautionary tales.
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You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.
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I am super-interested in fashion. I love being a person whose clothes get discussed. That makes it more interesting for me.
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I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.
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There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God for a book that disposes of the devil!
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She says that her love for me would never die, but that would change if she found out about you and I.
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The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."
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It would be unthinkable to have a top-ten list of multiple narrative novels that doesn't include David Mitchell. 'Cloud Atlas' is the most obvious choice, but I have opted for Mitchell's slightly lesser known debut, 'Ghostwritten.'
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Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.
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Neuroscientists are finding that what passes as a typical presentation is usually the worst way to engage your audience.
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Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.
