Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I used to be so self-conscious about my braces that people thought I was shy - I just never talked. It took me a long time to realize, whatever, it's not like I'll have them forever, so I might as well enjoy it while I do!
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny.
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If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.
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Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do.
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All workers want is a fair shake.
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I would rather die having spoken in my way, than live having spoken in yours.
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As you grow up and get educated in the business, you go from, 'I want to do movies' to 'I want to work. In whatever.'
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If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.
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A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.
