Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.
Victoria Principal -
All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
Frances O'Grady -
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
F. H. Bradley -
The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
Ranbir Kapoor -
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
H. P. Lovecraft -
On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.
Warren Spector
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You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.
Yuri Milner -
I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
Francesca Annis -
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
Yogi Berra -
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
E. W. Howe -
Love is jealous, and ingenious in self-torture in proportion as it is pure and intense.
Victor Hugo -
I do go to the gym five days a week.
J. R. Bourne
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I'm really, really emotional.
Rafael Nadal -
I've tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.
Tallulah Bankhead -
The Sichuan disaster is not the first nor the most wrongful. But all the details of this tragedy will be forgotten, and once again it will be like nothing ever happened. Eventually all these disasters will together create a bizarre miracle called civilization and evolution.
Ai Weiwei -
Capitalism is the least romantic conception of a public order that the human mind has ever conceived.
Irving Kristol -
When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.
Joe Murray -
What kind of woman irons her husband's sheets? Even the clothes I wear, I just throw 'em in the dryer with some golf balls.
Bonnie Hunt
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It's not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone.
Frank Gehry -
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Edmund Burke -
Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.
Debra Winger -
With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
Oscar Wilde -
When I did 'Dancing with the Stars' I did lose an awful lot of weight and I think at the time everybody was sort of alarmed by it. You can eat anything and it is still dropping off you when you are doing that amount of exercise.
Katherine Jenkins -
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Michel de Montaigne