Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Quotes
It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they really are.
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The press in India, I believe, is more free, and happily so, than perhaps media anywhere in the world. Right? Which is a good thing.
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To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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Yeats, protected to some extent by the Nationalistic movement, wrote out of a somewhat protected world, and so his work does not touch life deeply.
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I think that what happens for many Christians is, they accept their particular faith, they accept it to be true, and they stop examining it. Consequently, because it's already accepted to be true, they don't examine other people's faiths... That, I think, is not healthy for a person of any faith.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.
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If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
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Call Him by whatever name you will, and He will respond.
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I'll always have something to prove.
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I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
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In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
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I moved to New York for school right after I turned 18, but I started getting into trouble - so I went home to L.A. to regroup.
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Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.
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Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.
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There are moments when we are incapable of exchanging a single word with anybody…it’s beyond us…
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For a long time, I felt that was actually the best I could ever hope for - to pretend to be a good person - because I was quite the opposite.
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They say that women's sexual peaks are in their 30s or 40s, and I think that it happens because they're more comfortable. It's not some hormonal change that happens at that age. Of course, it would be nice to have more physiological insight on that.
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There are two kinds of Arctic problems, the imaginary and the real. Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.
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Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.
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It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they really are.
