Adam Smith Quotes
In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level, and the beggar, who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter.
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When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.
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The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year.
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I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
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It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.
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My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.
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Quite simply, my writing life has been one of relish, challenge, excitement.
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Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - he was inspired by the Cocteau Twins and new wave pop and brought it into R&B when he first started, and then it became this cool, next-level, kind of hard-to-digest music. Which is what I felt 'House of Balloons' was.
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I find it very hard to take myself seriously.
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LBJ held up Detroit as a model of what the Great Society could accomplish. He was right.
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I love playing with makeup. Makeup has become a thing where it's an art form. It's not a thing where you use it because you need to feel beautiful or because you don't like the way you look.
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Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
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In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level, and the beggar, who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
