Georges Rouault Quotes
I am a believer and a conformist. Anyone can revolt; it is much more difficult to obey our inner promptings.
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It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.
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I've never known a writer who didn't feel ill at ease in the world. We all feel unhoused in some sense. That's part of why we write. We feel we don't fit in, that this world is not our world, that though we may move in it, we're not of it. You don't need to write a novel if you feel at home in the world.
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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
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Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
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A certain inequality in regard to property still exists in a socialist society. But in a socialist society there is no unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression of nationalities.
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Let the men do their duty & the women will be such wonders; the female life lives from the light of the male: see a man's female dependants, you know the man.
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You think this is a trap then?" the Count asked. "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is why I'm still alive.
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With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.
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I did a real boot camp once which with The Thin Red Line which was learning military exercises and this was far less strenuous. I really had a blast. We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn't have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted. Learned how to survive without anything.
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Winners bring reality up to their vision. Losers bring their vision down to reality.
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He was the safe choice, somebody with unquestioned qualifications. They needed somebody that everybody, including the financial markets, would react positively to.
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In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.
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Aim low, reach your goals, and avoid disappointment.
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To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.
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Each age stands on the shoulders of the one that has gone before, and out of the revolt of the old is fashioned the new.
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I am a believer and a conformist. Anyone can revolt; it is much more difficult to obey our inner promptings.
