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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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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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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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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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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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
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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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Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them.
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If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nailbiters.
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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.
