Albert Camus Quotes
Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!
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Her angel's face, As the great eye of heaven shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place.
Edmund Spenser
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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
Joanne Rowling
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Sam Altman
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
Sam Kinison
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
Barbra Streisand
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Oliver Goldsmith
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
Yvonne Strahovski
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
Samuel Butler
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I'm looking forward to losing the long locks at some point. But it's been fun, and I do enjoy it.
Sam Heughan
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I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
Ingmar Bergman
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New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly.
Eavan Boland
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
Dan Webster
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I want to serve the people.
Malala Yousafzai
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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
Kapil Dev
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Kate Williams
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I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.
Rafael dos Anjos
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Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
Bill Gates
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They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different
Kevin Keegan
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Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!
Albert Camus