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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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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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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My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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If you want to change the world, first try to improve and bring about change within yourself. That will help change your family. From there it just gets bigger and bigger. Everything we do has some effect, some impact.
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The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.
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It's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.
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Harper Lee was my David Bowie, and I feel her loss in my bones.
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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.
