Alphonse Daudet Quotes
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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
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The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.
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I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.
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I am mindful of achieving the right balance in my life and am working hard on that also. To enjoy the little moments of goodness when they appear, to be present with the people I love and to spread light wherever possible.
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If nothing will finally survive of life besides what artists report of it, we have no right to report what we know to be lies.
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If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you have already received, instead of requests for what you do not have, you will obtain results a great deal faster.
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They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted.
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Far more than any other power, imagination is what sets human beings apart from every other species on earth.
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He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.
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There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.
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The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power.
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He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap.
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Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
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I propose to distinguish these bodies by calling those anions which go to the anode of the decomposing body; and those passing to the cathode, cations; and when I have occasion to speak of these together, I shall call them ions.
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Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?
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She loves performing - they end up standing and cheering. She loves being independent, she loves making money on her own. She doesn't need to, but old folks worry about money, and this is one way to keep the paranoia at bay.
