Louis XIV Quotes
My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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I learned that despite having years and years of experience in math and computer science and so on, I didn't really know how to code until I formed a company.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you amass all these?' 'Well,' said Pewter, 'You know the person who always borrows books and never gives them back?' 'Yes...?' 'I'm that person.
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I want to remind people that we create films for the MMFF as gifts to them, not to see whose entry is better or which film earned more at the tills.
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I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
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Never has America lost a war ... But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has never made a successful peace because peace requires exchanging ideas, concepts, thoughts, and recognizing the fact that two distinct systems of life can exist together without conflict. Consider how quickly America seems to be facing its allies of one war as new enemies.
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My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.
