Charles Martinet (Charles Andre Martinet) Quotes
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
Ian Frazier -
Ultimately love is everything.
M. Scott Peck -
You know how country music stars get an extra 10 years on their life when they go to Branson? Like you're washed up, and you go to Branson, then you can last another 10 years. That's what bashing the media does.
David Fahrenthold -
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
Anita Roddick -
I don't know what's best for other people.
Penn Jillette -
When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.
Mario Lemieux
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I thought my second record was good, but it didn't have that smash hit we did on the first one that somehow found its way onto tons of formats of radio stations.
Mat Kearney -
Innovation is the key to the future, but basic research is the key to future innovation.
Jerome Isaac Friedman -
Before every performance I feel nervous.
Diego Boneta -
Changes your life, getting into the Hall of Fame. For the rest of my life, I'll be known as Hall of Famer George Kell.
George Kell -
I was not worried at halftime at all. But then we come out and only score two points in the third quarter - you just can't win like that.
Anthony Charles Edwards -
“I was a hoarder, a collector of facts that I stored in my brain for later use, not knowing what this use might be.
Alix Ohlin
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
Dan Ariely -
Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
Dan Ariely -
I am not into marriage. You look at all the marriages breaking down and all the people cheating on their marriages, and you become cynical. Marriage is nothing but a label.
Nargis Fakhri -
It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.
Dan Ariely -
It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that were created by governments. If the government doesn't like the rules, they can change them.
John Mackey -
Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.
Terrence McNally
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Quand nous perdons un être aimé, ce qui nous fait pleurer les larmes qui ne soulagent point, c'est le souvenir des moments où nous ne l'avons pas assez aimé.
Maurice Maeterlinck -
Thus love is the most easy and agreeable, and gratitude the most humiliating, affection of the mind. We never reflect on the man we love without exulting in our choice, while he who has bound us to him by benefits alone rises to our ideas as a person to whom we have in some measure forfeited our freedom.
Oliver Goldsmith -
Waaa Everybody's cheating but me!
Charles Martinet