Christine de Pizan Quotes
It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
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Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and smell the roses... and then lift your leg on them.
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You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that's enjoyable because it's 'disturbing.'
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The International Girl Crew isn't supposed to be super exclusive - that's a really important part of our brand and message. It's not just our crew - it's a lifestyle. It's for everybody to know how empowering it is to be surrounded by friends who motivate and support you and who you feel like you can exchange ideas with and do projects with.
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I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.
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I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are.
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A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of realities.
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My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.
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I'm always trying to do as many different things as I can, just so when one is not doing so hot, maybe the other is still there.
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I watch my contemporaries, and they love to live in the studio and I don't. I have a life. I treat it as a 9-to-5. I try to create something new every day, and then I get on with my life.
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Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.
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If you don't care about somebody, you don't even bother to fight with them.
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Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
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I'm certainly not surprised by the passion of the youth for our myths. Mythology is almost a part of an Indian's DNA.
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How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?
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The analytical faculty is underdeveloped in women.
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For dessert, Mom ordered us carob-chip cookies sweetened with fruit juice, which were about as delectable as that sounds. After we finished eating, we made sure to give the waitress all our food and dirty napkins so they could be composted.
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All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.
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I answer that, Even, as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate.
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It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.
