Albert Camus Quotes
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn't make it so long.
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This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.
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I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.
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Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut?
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You can't build a society without law.
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
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This is a fine saying of Plato: That he who is discoursing about men should look also at earthly things as if he viewed them from some higher place; should look at them... a mixture of all things and an orderly combination of contraries.
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As we get older, it's important for us to help hand back some of what we've gained as we've grown older. It should be one of your responsibilities - it's almost like being a mentor.
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Such was a poet and shall be and is -who'll solve the depths of horror to defend a sunbeam's architecture with his life: and carve immortal jungles of despair to hold a mountain's heartbeat in his hand.
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
