Alexandre Dumas Quotes
For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
Quotes to Explore
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
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I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
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There's something special about shoes, they give you a high like nothing else.
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He that is rich is wise.
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Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.
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I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
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Be educated as to what the local issues are. Don’t travel blindly. Open yourself up to more awareness of what you are doing and what you are shooting. This is our responsibility as photographers.
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The point is that only one thing matters in this world, to prepare oneself for death. One can try to be as comfortable as possible until one dies... Because being comfortable does not have any meaning either. It just does not. Everything is only a big meaninglessness that one must bear.
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For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
