Marcel Proust Quotes
The idea of dying is worse than dying itself, but less cruel than the idea that another has died.
Quotes to Explore
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
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The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists - 'cavers,' they prefer to be called.
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Every idea has its time.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
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My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.
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Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
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It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.
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I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense.
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In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.
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I travel with a lot of clothes, which is a really bad idea because it's such a nightmare to travel. I always overpack because I like to bring things with me, and I accumulate stuff, so it piles up. I travel with everything I own.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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The human race is almost addicted to war. It's like we just can't stop.
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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
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Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
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The idea of dying is worse than dying itself, but less cruel than the idea that another has died.
