Andre Comte-Sponville Quotes
All trips end eventually. Is that any reason to renounce undertaking one and enjoying it? You only live once. Is that any reason to spoil the single life you do have?
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More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.
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After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
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I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
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Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
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My life really began when I married my husband.
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I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything.
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I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the coolest. She's worked really hard her whole life and I just think she's got a great attitude. Moms just know so much it's so silly.
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It's the messiness of life that ultimately leads you to the most interesting things. Everyone asks what you would do over, and I don't know because then you have this story to tell, and if you did everything over and made it perfect, what would you talk about?
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There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'
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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
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It's impossible in heptathlon to have a proper rivalry - you're spending two days together and seven events and dedicate your life to it. It's like a marathon: two days of mental and physical exhaustion.
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In court, judges tell people that their conviction carries a sentence of years, or probation. The truth is far more terrible. People convicted of crimes often become social outcasts for life, finding it difficult or impossible to rent an apartment, get a job, adopt children, access public benefits, serve on juries, or vote.
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In the 1950s in the United States, few music lovers were listening to chamber music. Daddy played Bach and Haydn on our phonograph for me. Not only did I become familiar with the form; he discussed the concerti. My own head start. My own Head Start.
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When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
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All trips end eventually. Is that any reason to renounce undertaking one and enjoying it? You only live once. Is that any reason to spoil the single life you do have?
