Andreï Makine Quotes
In war the most testing moments are those of peace , for a dead man lying in the grass makes the living see the world as it would be, but for their folly.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
Nastassja Kinski -
I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.
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If you give a party, you better give it right.
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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
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There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.
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Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.
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I believe in a passion for inclusion.
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Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
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All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.
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When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.
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Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States.
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In war the most testing moments are those of peace , for a dead man lying in the grass makes the living see the world as it would be, but for their folly.
