Moliere Quotes
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
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It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.
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I feel some need to represent where I'm from. But ultimately, I think my only real responsibility is to - as much as possible - interrogate my own truths. This is to say not merely writing what I think is true, but using the writing to turn that alleged truth over and over, to stress-test it, in the aim of producing something readable.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
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I don't happen to approve of plastic surgery. I think God put plastic surgeons on this earth for good reasons - people get burned or people might have a nose like Pinocchio and that has to be fixed. But to just chop yourself up to look a few years younger? You could come out looking like a Picasso picture.
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Win or lose, I always like to get back to my friends and family. They keep me grounded. When I'm home with my friends, I'm always the same Gabriel. I'm no better or worse in their eyes because of my results. It's good to be with your true friends. It always reminds me of where I'm from and who I am.
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Putin is like Al Capone.
Garry Kasparov -
As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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Don't we all just really try to fake it well?
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He was a revealing symbol. He called himself passive-aggressive. There was self-pity, whining. There was a diminishment, a diminution. He was sitting there in his sweater, hunched over his guitar, looking like a little lost boy. Compare that with the great figures of my generation: Jimi Hendrix. Pete Townshend. Keith Richards.
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I think that with the death of Schumann and Chopin-‘finis musicae'.'’
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I don't love the off-court stuff. But I know it's necessary.
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People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
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I love supporting female-owned companies and women who are awesome.
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I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'
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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it.
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We have little bits of comedy throughout our films but this is like a full-on comedy. I had great time. It was fun to do a comedy and see a lot of the people I worked with on our previous films and meet some new actors. It was a good experience for me.
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I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?'
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Spaniards are fun-loving people, and they love to dance to Punjabi songs for some reason. They didn't understand the language but enjoyed the beats.
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As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
