Honore de Balzac Quotes
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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'The Lunchbox' is the kind of cinema that is true to its word and not cluttered or corrupted by some of the mainstream pre-requisites. I love the way I make movies, but there are certain stories that need to be told in a certain way, and 'The Lunchbox' is that movie, and I'm so proud to present this movie.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when we lived in Youngstown, Ohio, I grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. I graduated from high school in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.
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As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
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If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously shown to benefit society in the long run.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women's empowerment - these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.
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I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.
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It is the business of the teacher … to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.
