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 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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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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We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.
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You cannot experience the death of anybody
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Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.
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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.
