Xavier Durringer Quotes
There's a double meaning in the film The Conquest. First, the conquest of power at the UMP party and how Sarkozy had to fight his colleagues inside the party so that it was him running for President. He wins the political conquest, but he loses the feminine conquest in that his wife leaves him. It's hard for a President to be single - that's never happened.

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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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What I support is moving Medicaid to block grants so that the states can drive that process.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I'd say that if you had a strained relationship with your mom, for whatever reason, the best thing to do is be open with each other, talk it over, try and work it out somehow as opposed to just putting a wall up and pushing them away.
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The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.
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I call it like I see it. I don't hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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'T is elder Scripture, writ by God's own hand,-Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by man.
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But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.
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There's a double meaning in the film The Conquest. First, the conquest of power at the UMP party and how Sarkozy had to fight his colleagues inside the party so that it was him running for President. He wins the political conquest, but he loses the feminine conquest in that his wife leaves him. It's hard for a President to be single - that's never happened.