Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• Loves
• Sunset
• Little Prince

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• The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

  

  Oscar Wilde
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• It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

  

  Wanda Jackson
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  • Kind
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• I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.

  

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• I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.

  

  Gary Larson
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• Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.

  

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• I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.

  

  T. C. Boyle
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• I think at first I didn't tell anyone I was writing something because I found so tedious the people who did.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • People
  • Writing
  • Think

• We've all heard it: vegans are cool and plant-based dining is hot. What other diet can promise to keep you trim without working at it, clear clogged arteries, save the lives of animals, and do more to stem climate change than driving a Prius-or not driving at all?

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Cool
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  Peter Berg

• It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

  

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• The pressure is on the big teams.

  

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• The cast of 'The Big C' is such an amazing group of people. They're so joyful and just open their arms to you as an actor.

  

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  • People
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• As a quarterback, there's no better way to finish your year, in winning a Super Bowl, than with a touchdown pass. The chances of that happening, by the looks of most of the Super Bowls, is a very rare chance. Fortunately for me, I had an opportunity.

  

  Joe Montana
  • Opportunity
  • Winning

• I hate women who say they can eat whatever they want, because I don't relate to that at all. It isn't fair! I absolutely live for food.

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • Live
  • Women
  • Hate

• Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid.

  

  Kenya Barris
  • Kids
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• Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world.

  

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  • World

• Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel.

  

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• I'm a big fan of matching outfits in general.

  

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  • Fear

• I'm the type of person who loves to stay busy, even in my off-season.

  

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  • Person
  • Loves
  • Offseason

• It's really good to be able to think about past loves without having a pit in my stomach, or cringing or feeling heart-broken, or like they hate you. Don't you think?

  

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  • Loves
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• If your parents’ faces never lit up when they looked at you, it’s hard to know what it feels like to be loved and cherished. If you come from an incomprehensible world filled with secrecy and fear, it’s almost impossible to find the words to express what you have endured. If you grew up unwanted and ignored, it is a major challenge to develop a visceral sense of agency and self-worth.

  

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  • Challenge
  • Loves
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• One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Loves
  • Sunset
  • Little Prince