Alexandre Dumas Quotes
You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.
Quotes to Explore
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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I am really happy to see the number of entrepreneurs in India - not only because of the ideas they have but also because of the passion at which their ideas are put across.
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Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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David Lynch helped me be cool.
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Sometimes if a song hits me really good the first time, I get sick of it. And by the 10th time I've heard it, it's just candy, and I don't like it anymore.
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I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy to millions of Britain's families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come.
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I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds of films, dramas, romance. I'll watch comedies. I like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. I'd like to meet them.
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Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.
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Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.
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God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart.
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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.
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Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Physical attributes can make you appealing, but to keep the appeal going, one has to draw from within. You have to be a real person. Your fans and the people you associate with have to be able to see beyond your looks. You have to be a good friend, dutiful son and a good family man.
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You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.
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To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.
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Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.
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You beg for happiness in life, but security is more important to you, even if it costs you your spine or your life. Your life will be good and secure when aliveness will mean more to you than security; love more than money; your freedom more than party line or public opinion; when your thinking will be in harmony with your feelings; when the teachers of your children will be better paid than the politicians; when you will have more respect for the love between man and woman than for a marriage license.
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You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.
