Honore de Balzac Quotes
We do not attach ourselves lastingly to anything that has not cost us care, labor or longing.
Quotes to Explore
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You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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The glass is always half full: I have no time for anything negative - and actually, I've bought crystals for all my team, so they all carry crystals as well.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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I'm a 'Bridesmaids' type of girl. I love silliness. That's who I am at heart, and I know I can do it. If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
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Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.
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I realized that after years of studying Shakespeare and Chekhov and regional repertory theater, what I really wanted to do was bust in and rob a bank and jump in the screaming getaway car and tear through the city and get in a shootout.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable.
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Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.
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I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president.
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When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I'm not like that when I'm back home.
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I have a brass bed that's very 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.' I got it on eBay. It's from the early 1900s.
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The fact that I still find so much beauty in a handicraft is because my mother taught us to see not just the craft as a product but the craft as an embodiment of human creativity and human labor.
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I'm self-opinionated, and I have a sense of self. I can be brutal with agents and have been.
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The Internet is a limitless library at your fingertips. It's a great place to start with the acquisition of knowledge. My process is to go to a place when I'm writing about it. Nothing captures the essence, feeling and flavor of a place better than when I'm actually there and doing the writing.
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I've never really done anything to create what has happened. It creates itself. I'm here because it happened. But I didn't do anything to make it happen apart from saying 'Yes'...
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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We do not attach ourselves lastingly to anything that has not cost us care, labor or longing.
