Marcel Proust Quotes
Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors.
Quotes to Explore
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I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.
Abraham Whipple
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There is no magical formula for winning a Nobel Prize.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.
Patricia Cornwell
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You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what it is that you really are about. And then when you find it, if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do what it is that you love, it becomes easy. I'm blessed that I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do.
Maceo Parker
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I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
Omar Bongo
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We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
Eddie Charles Jones
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You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.
Vaclav Havel
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Life is a prize, but to live doesn't mean you're alive
Nicki Minaj
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We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time.
Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones
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The fact that Iran asked for these discussions this morning - they are not negotiations - illustrated the fact that Iran is concerned about its international position.
Jack Straw
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Pushing herself up to a sitting position, she rubbed the side of her face and then blinked at what seemed to be a solid Avail of business suits. She looked up. ‘Mount Rushmore,’ she said. ‘Little far west of home for this time of year?’ The
Pat Cadigan
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Everyone's future is, in reality, uncertain and full of unknown treasures from which all may draw unguessed prizes.
Lord Dunsany
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
Al Pacino
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I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win.
Katharine Hepburn
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Parts win prizes, not actors.
Alan Rickman
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There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.
Leonardo DiCaprio
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When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.
Oprah Winfrey
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I work hard, so I surround myself with people that work just as hard. It's important if you want to create a successful brand. Also, the concept of being "tired" doesn't really apply to me. In fact, I don't even consider "tired" tired. If you want to succeed and be successful, you can't let it bother you.
Damon Dash
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The piano is a divinely inspired instrument, a mirror held up to its player's soul that captures the light and shadow of the performer and reflects them back to the listener.
David Lanz
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I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I only have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us all.
Killer Mike
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Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors.
Marcel Proust