Toussaint Louverture (François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture) Quotes
I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
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Enormous enlargements of an object or a fragment give it a personality it never had before, and in this way, it can become a vehicle of entirely new lyric and plastic power.
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In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.
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Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.
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Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.
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'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
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I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
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No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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The Turks would do anything with a captured screaming infidel body - make it chew its own penis, thrust the testicles up the anus, saw the noseless earless head off with slow delicacy.
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On the moral plane, true friends enjoy the same protection as the sense of smell confers upon dogs. They scent the sorrow of their friends, they divine its causes, and they clasp it to their minds and hearts.
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I feel the fear touches on something deeper. A sense perhaps of, "My life is speeding past me and I can't get a handle on it."
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Country music has room for a little bit of everything.
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But who looks for serious conduct at the public shows? A Cato never goes to the circus. Anything said there by the people as they celebrate should be deemed no injury. It is a place that protects excesses. Patient acceptance of their chatter is a proven glory of princes themselves.
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I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.
