Albert Camus Quotes

The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable.

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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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We must not stop speaking the truth to the radical parties because voters will follow those who speak the truth, and European politics will grow more radical, which is in nobody's interest.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.
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When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.
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I regret all of my books.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.
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Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.
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John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.
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If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.
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The busy have no time for tears.
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Sometimes you walk into things, that, if you were paying attention, vibrationally, you would know right from the beginning that it wasn't what you are wanting. In most cases, your initial knee-jerk response was a pretty good indicator of how it was going to turn out later. The things that give most of you the most grief are those things that initially you had a feeling response about, but then you talked yourself out of it for one reason or another.
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I'm very shy. That's probably one of the reasons I got so heavily into drugs.
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The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable.