Andre Gide Quotes
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20's. Then you'll find out what your weight should be.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'
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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm's output.
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If you live in a place that you perceive to be a crowded place, you appreciate government; you see it as this thing that protects you against crime, that keeps order, that makes sure that nobody puts a massage parlor next to your house, that keeps other people's dogs from pooping on the sidewalk.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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The great thing about New York is that you don't have to set out to do anything. Whenever I go without the kids, I walk all day and see the most interesting stuff. There's always some kind of drama playing out.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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But there is a scary side to acting for me, because I have always wanted to develop rather than plateau out. When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.
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Is Life itself a dream, I wonder?
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.
