Anatole France Quotes
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
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I've known Bret Michaels forever.
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Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions, they get their feelings hurt. It's not a far reach to give them opinions and values and long-term desires.
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I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.
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I actually think I'm more of a turtle than Verne is. Where Verne is up on two legs and moving at full speed and doesn't pull his head into the shell very often, I in reality was five or ten minutes later to every recording session.
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Our overriding interest throughout these past few years has been to encourage a government that legitimately reflects the will of the Egyptian people, and recognizes true democracy as requiring a respect for minority rights and the rule of law, freedom of speech and assembly, and a strong civil society.
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There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.
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The happiest mortals on earth are ladies who have been bereaved by the loss of their husbands.
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Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
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Our whole political machinery presupposes a people so fundamentally at one that they can safely afford to bicker.
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While you have a future do not live too much in contemplation of your past: unless you are content to walk backward the mirror is a poor guide.
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The unicorn, through its intemperance and not knowing how to control itself, for the love it bears to fair maidens forgets its ferocity and wildness; and laying aside all fear it will go up to a seated damsel and go to sleep in her lap, and thus the hunters take it.
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It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.
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Leaders tap into the emotions of their people by getting excited themselves
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“I besprinkled their faces with my liquid dung and forced them to leave off.”
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I wrote one book, signed with a good agent, and sat back and waited for the phone to ring. I was sure that the great news would come at any moment. Four books later, I finally got that call.
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My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.
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Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants.
