Blaise Pascal Quotes
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to renounce the most fundamental American values, which, after all, are also universal values.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
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I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.
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When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.
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Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.
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And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington.
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By the time I'm 40, the hope is that I'll be solidly in daytime television and producing the various other experts we've brought along the way.
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I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
