Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Quotes
Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
Dan Brown -
For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
Warren G -
I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
Oliver Reed -
I am not that thrilled about the way our records sound anyway. Don't get me wrong, I work hard on them and I want them to sound fantastic but I'm happy to have another interpretation of them anyway.
Wayne Coyne -
I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.
Ralph Bakshi -
Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
Oscar Robertson
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I can't wait to get my face lifted but my husband says, 'No, don't do it.' I think if it makes you feel better, go for it, but it would be nice if it looked good. There are a lot of people out there who are disasters and you think, 'Why did you do that?'
Felicity Huffman -
I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.
Nastassja Kinski -
We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.
Abigail Johnson -
I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.
Pat Oliphant -
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
Isaac D'Israeli -
Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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When I was 11 years old, I was a member of 'Press Pack,' which was a thing that would come out in 'The Sunday Times' in England. You'd write articles and send them off and would get a badge saying 'Official Press.' I was really excited about my badge.
Felicity Jones -
Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.
Valerie Jarrett -
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British 'Elle.' It was April 14, 1986.
Naomi Campbell -
We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery.
Karen Mills -
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones -
It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.
Lou Holtz
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Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
Rabindranath Tagore -
You've grown up, girl. You've grown up real nice, Welcome home
Elizabeth Chandler -
We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.
Greg Ginn Black Flag -
Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.
Joanne Rowling -
Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
Edith Head -
Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve