Madeleine de Souvre Quotes
It is an admirable skill to able to sweeten a refusal with civil words which atone for the favor which we are not able to grant.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.
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You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
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To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can't stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do 'anything.' If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.
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Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.
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You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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I'm a big believer you should design work around a vast majority of people who want to do the right thing rather than around the tiny minority who might take advantage.
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It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.
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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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Our photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic.
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.
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If science has a lot to do with what works, then clearly there's much about today's social and economic setup that isn't scientific, because things aren't working very well for a majority of the world's population or the environment.
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So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.
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success in L.A. is completely arbitrary. One day you're the brilliant genius of life, the next day people act like there's a bad smell when you approach. Lots of expensive, late-model cars are offered in the L.A. Times every day by people who have suddenly begun to smell bad. The stakes are just too high for human dignity.
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It is an admirable skill to able to sweeten a refusal with civil words which atone for the favor which we are not able to grant.
