Honore de Balzac Quotes
Love is the reduction of the universe to the single being, and the expansion of a single being, even to God.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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Now I get a very nice salary as a member of Congress, but when I'm in Washington, I sleep in my office.
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Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.
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The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.
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A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course; Also pleasant, when God is delivering me. Pleasant, the carousal that hinders not mental exertion; Also pleasant, to drink together about horns.
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Nothing … nothing in the universe, is of any importance, or is authentic to any serious sense, except the illusions of romance. For man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams. These axioms - poor, deaf and blinded spendthrift! - are none the less valuable for being quoted.
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Love is the reduction of the universe to the single being, and the expansion of a single being, even to God.
