Honore de Balzac Quotes
On the moral plane, true friends enjoy the same protection as the sense of smell confers upon dogs. They scent the sorrow of their friends, they divine its causes, and they clasp it to their minds and hearts.
Quotes to Explore
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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What I want is to respond to the challenge posed by the mass media - to permit the novel to say what can only be said by narrative - to allow it to be itself.
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Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.
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If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore is that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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I do periodically ride a bus with my kids.
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A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.
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The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.
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I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.
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I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae.
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I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf, out of their reach.
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On the moral plane, true friends enjoy the same protection as the sense of smell confers upon dogs. They scent the sorrow of their friends, they divine its causes, and they clasp it to their minds and hearts.
