Edmond About Quotes
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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I had 45 amateur fights, and I was able to win two national titles in those three years as an amateur.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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There are issues in this country that a lot of people feel strongly about.
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It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.
