Andre Gide Quotes
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Quotes to Explore
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When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.
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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being.
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Verily, a polluted stream is man. One must actually be a sea to take in a polluted stream without becoming impure. Behold, I teach you the superman: he is the this sea, in him can your great contempt go under.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.
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The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
