Anatole France Quotes
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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I don't know if I have a favorite color.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.
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Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.
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My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time.
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I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
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I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even then thought I was living the dream, because I had a book out.
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I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.
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I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
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I'm not really a pianist.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
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The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
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Being known for musicals is a great thing.
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When our sailors in the Persian Gulf accidentally strayed into Iranian waters, that could have sparked a major international incident. Some folks here in Washington rushed to declare that it was the start of another hostage crisis. Instead, we worked directly with the Iranian government and secured the release of our sailors in less than 24 hours.
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I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school until junior high. I don't believe in transmigration or anything like that. I have resentment for being forced to believe in something. I will always think of the church as an institution and not a comfort.
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We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.
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The Chili Peppers do a lot of improvising, but it's within the framework of song structures. The Meatbats is from a purely instrumental standpoint. But when you hear the term 'instrumental music' you think it's real serious stuff and everybody's playing a million notes and it's about playing fast. That's not what we do.
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Si 50 millions de personnes disent une bêtise, c'est quand même une bêtise.
