Honore de Balzac Quotes
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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My wife Kris and I enjoy keeping an active lifestyle, so it's hard to imagine what it would be like if breathing problems kept me from participating in the activities I love to do. But that's exactly what happens to many people who develop COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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I was in law school at the University of Kentucky and realized I didn't really like law school, so I took a creative writing course for something different.
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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.
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Reagan did not have to rely on or cope with talk radio, Fox News, Breitbart, or any of the other trolls that now dominate conservative politics.
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I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.
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Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
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We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!
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What is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood?
