Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy) Quotes
Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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I love diamond facials - they leave me glowing and refreshed.
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I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place.
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I love C-3PO; I love the girl from 'Ex Machina' - these kind of robots that have so much soul that you feel for them.
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I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, 'The players are not hungry any more.' Still, that's not what I feel.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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I've been in relationships where we've said 'I love you' after two weeks.
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Basically, I want that relationship where we have that love. I love her so much, and she loves me so much that it's just - you want that relationship where you look into the girl's eyes, and you know that she's everything you've ever wanted. When I find that, I'm going to get it!
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There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.
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I would love to have played Gollum.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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He that is jealous is not in love.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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I love craftsmanship of any kind, a job well done either by my chiropractor or carpenter, and I am addicted to print, the type, the ink. But my basic passion is journalism and I can't live without being online.
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And love was like forgiveness – deep and patient. It would be waiting for her on the other side.
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I was afraid that I would find out that I didn't work hard, that I wasn't a very good mother. I was feeling so inadequate in everything I did. I was afraid that I was going to come out being this crazy, disorganized, neurotic person. So it was revelatory that I worked more than 50 hours a week and I still spent a tonne of time with my kids. It was like, "Why do I feel one way when the reality is so different?"
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.
