Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.Alexis de Tocqueville
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I've never been a partier.
Victoria Justice -
It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
Vidal Sassoon -
I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
Patricia Clarkson -
You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
Nathan Fillion -
There is no bore like a clever bore.
Samuel Butler -
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Pablo Picasso
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
Sachin Tendulkar -
Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
Earl Campbell -
We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
Vanessa Kerry -
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Abraham Lincoln -
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
Zoe Foster Blake
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Movies don't have borders.
Tahar Rahim -
I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
T. J. Miller -
I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
Kangana Ranaut -
Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.
Gary Bauer -
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
Vera Farmiga -
It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
Irvine Welsh
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Old age is the only thing that lives up to its reputation.
Emily Levine -
Starting a company and being a founder is really hard, and most companies fail. You really have to have a deep commitment and belief in it and be willing to see it through many ups and downs.
Aileen Lee -
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.
Kevin Spacey -
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
Alexis de Tocqueville