Frederic Louis Sauser (Blaise Cendrars) Quotes
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It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
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You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Corporatist attitudes against capitalism came to the fore in the 1920s. Corporatists, with their conservative values, hated the invasion of towns and regions by new businesses, upsetting traditional ways, wealth and status.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be.
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I actually had a nickname as a player myself. When I played high school football in Texas, strong safety, they called me Choo Choo because they said I hit like a train.
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Leonardo DiCaprio is a rare phenomenon. Whereas for so many celebrities an interest in the environment is a fashionable accessory, for DiCaprio it is a thread that runs through everything he does.
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I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with natural peanut butter, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, or healthy cereal.
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At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.
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Polygamy and polyandry distribute the frightening physical solidarity of monogamy. Monogamous couples are always hungry for company: to dilute sex.
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Who doesn't desire his fathers death?
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I can't stop thinking about the devaluation of black life, and I find it seeping into everything I write.
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Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A Thread of Grace' to the publisher!
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The single fact of existing is already a true happiness.
