Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.
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I want to be acting until the day I die!
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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I would kiss you, had I the courage.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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You know," I said to Michael, "my girlfriend took him down with a broken tree branch." "Too bad she isn't here," he said.
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Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art.
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Larry Geller’s Leaves of Elvis’ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis. It is emotional, revealing and spiritual, and offers the most amazing insight into the king. I highly recommend this dynamic book.
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It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.
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I'd like to think I haven't done my best yet.
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I can't figure women out. They put on makeup for three hours. They wear things that make them smaller. Things that make them bigger. Then they meet a man and they want truth.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure.
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When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?
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So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.
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Marcella has now become quite at home and is developing fine features. We have become quite familiar with one another.. .There exists quite a charm in such a pure female, indications that could make one crazy. More fantastic than those of the older girls. More free, without having lost the developed female. Maybe some things are more developed in her than in the more mature ones and will diminish again.
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I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
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The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.
