Benjamin Constant Quotes
Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I'm crazy about jewelry; swimwear and jewelry.
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.
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And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.
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Good supporters who have single daughters say, 'Hey, you need to take my daughter out.' And it's awkward.
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Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
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A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.
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Modern man may assert that he can dispense with them, and he may bolster his opinion by insisting that there is no scientific evidence of their truth. But since we are dealing with invisible and unknowable things (for God is beyond human understanding, and there is no mean of proving immortality), why should we bother with evidence?
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If to serenade almost to man Is to miss, by that, things as they are, Say that it is the serenade Of a man that plays a blue guitar.
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Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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The scientist finds his reward in what Henri Poincare calls the joy of comprehension, and not in the possibility of application to which any discovery may lead.
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I don't think the Americans by and large putted very well, ... and we're only 2 down.
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I could never be homophobic in any kind of way, dude. I'm such a free bird.
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When you're a teenager, your essence is so specific to being a teenager, and everything becomes so extreme. Your emotions are on the surface, and you oscillate between different things at one time.
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Shaykh Bin Bayyah described his purpose. We must declare war on war so the outcome will be peace upon peace.
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Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.
