Anatole France Quotes

Le christianisme a beaucoup fait pour l’amour en en faisant un péché.

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• It's those damn critics again.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Critics
  • Again
  • Damn

• Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Business
  • Tough
  • Pragmatic

• I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Good
  • Soul
  • Water

• A lasting architecture has to have roots.

  

  I. M. Pei
  • Architecture
  • Roots
  • Lasting

• When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Done
  • Proud
  • Never

• I think anyone taken out of their comfort zone and put somewhere else will change.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Think
  • Change
  • Taken

• We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Blessed
  • Been
  • Well

• Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

  

  Olympia Dukakis
  • Work
  • Me
  • Passion

• Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

  

  Nadia Boulanger
  • Love
  • Giving
  • Best

• Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Man
  • Freedom
  • Justice

• I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superficial prototype of what they think a Christian should be, but to discover who they really are.

  

  Larry Norman
  • People
  • Think
  • Christian

• You can change the look of an outfit so easily by changing the kind of jewellery you wear. If you have a basic outfit on - a black sweater and skirt or a simple black dress - you can go from the office to a cocktail party at night just by changing your jewellery. It helps if you change your shoes as well.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Night
  • Black
  • Change

• I’ve always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane. … The most exciting thing for me is crossing that bridge between something we know is real and something that is extraordinary. The thing for me has always been how you cross that bridge.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • People
  • Real
  • Bridge

• We chased our pleasures here, Dug our treasures there, But can you still recall The time we cried? Break on through to the other side!

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Time

• You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Proud

• I was in Big In Japan between '77 and '78. Then I went solo, releasing a couple of singles. Then I joined the Dancing Girls who turned into the Sons Of Egypt who were then whittled down into Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

  

  Holly Johnson Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • Couple

• It's very, very dangerous to lose contact with living nature. … In the big cities, there are people who have never seen living nature, all things are products of humans … The bigger the town, the less they see and understand nature.

  

  Albert Hofmann
  • People
  • Nature

• I love you, what star do you live on?

  

  Conrad Aiken
  • Live
  • Star

• I've been thinking, in an age of Trump where you don't know the direction of the country, the person you need most is a steady conservative hand like Mark Kirk in the Senate to be advising the president, especially on national security topics ... which is my particular expertise after 23 years in the Navy.

  

  Mark Kirk
  • Thinking
  • Country
  • Age

• Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.

  

  A. E. Waite
  • World
  • May
  • Firsts

• Your current conditions do not reflect your ultimate potential, but rather the size and quality of goals upon which you currently are focusing.

  

  Anthony Robbins
  • Focus
  • Quality
  • Goal

• Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

  

  Amelia Earhart
  • Challenge
  • Impossible
  • Fail

• Le christianisme a beaucoup fait pour l’amour en en faisant un péché.

  

  Anatole France