Saint Francis de Sales Quotes
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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A lot of people don't get second chances.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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I don't do anything political on Sundays.
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I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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Today, we're still loaded down - and, to some extent, embarrassed - by ancient myths, but we respect them as part of the same impulse that has led to the modern, scientific kind of myth. But we now have the opportunity to discover, for the first time, the way the universe is in fact constructed as opposed to how we would wish it to be constructed.
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I've always considered myself a nonfiction artist.
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Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.
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Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are growing.
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My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.
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My feeling is... when you show up to a movie set where there's, like, 50 people standing around and months of preparation gone into it, you want to be as prepared as possible, so you should make a million baguettes. That might not actually help in any explicit way, but it'll make you feel more prepared.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
