Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
Quotes to Explore
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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'
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I started out doing musicals.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I am not attracted to those politicians who are short on vision and only want to make money. I like those who have vision.
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Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively.
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When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
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I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
