Arsene Houssaye Quotes
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I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
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I got married to an amazing woman, had 2 awesome kids and toured with Jeff Beck, I can die a happy man now.
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It is critical that writers who embrace the light of Christ's redemptive love characterize the darkness arrayed against us in a way that is consistent with its true nature.
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The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.
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Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.
