Madeleine de Souvre Quotes
We must accustom ourselves to the follies of others and not be astonished at the foolishness that takes place in our presence.Madeleine de Souvre
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
Bebe Neuwirth -
South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
Damon Galgut -
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
Malcolm D. Lee -
When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
Valerie June -
I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.
Rachel Platten
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Everything I publish is for my readers.
Felix Dennis -
Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.
Adam Driver -
If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.
Octavia Spencer -
Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.
Gary Cohn -
You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.
Rand Paul -
Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
J. C. Watts
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The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
Fernando Pessoa -
You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.
Zig Ziglar -
The first woman minister, Antoinette Brown, had to meet ridicule and opposition that can hardly be conceived to-day. Now there are women ministers, east and west, all over the country.
Lucy Stone -
I love the Nineties because more than any other period of time, there was such an eclectic mix of styles going on. More so than in the Sixties and Seventies, when there was an overriding look and sound.
Charli XCX -
It's not easy to date when you're hefty. Besides I like feeling thin because it makes me feel amorous.
Patti Stanger
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My parents couldn't be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.
Charlie Trotter -
Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he remained within the Nation of Islam, talking to the converted, he did not represent a fundamental threat to the American government.
Manning Marable -
You can't just dream about what you want and leave things to chance. You have to get it yourself.
Irina Shayk -
I was entirely natural and in many ways I have the same attitude now. I don't mourn the loss of my youth because I believe you should enjoy what you have while you have it.
Koo Stark -
We must accustom ourselves to the follies of others and not be astonished at the foolishness that takes place in our presence.
Madeleine de Souvre