Marcel Proust Quotes
Et non seulement on ne retient pas tout de suite les œuvres vraiment rares, mais même au sein de chacune de ces œuvres-là, et cela m'arriva pour la Sonate de Vinteuil, ce sont les parties les moins précieuses qu'on perçoit d'abord... Moins décevants que la vie, ces grands chefs-d'œuvre ne commencent pas par nous donner ce qu'ils ont de meilleur.
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The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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I have never believed in comparisons, whether they are about different eras, players or coaches.
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I love horror movies.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs.
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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.
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Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them.
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A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
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'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.
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A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.
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As women, we all have certain weaknesses. I know one who can't resist pretty shoes but has nothing suitable to wear with them. Others adore frilly lingerie but never have any money to buy outer clothing.
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I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.
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Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones.
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I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.
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Who the fuck is Justin Bieber?
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Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.
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Society isn't good at dealing with people who have something concrete to feel guilty about or who are dealing with a loss.
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Reality and perfection are synonymous.
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We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
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It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.
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Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.
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Et non seulement on ne retient pas tout de suite les œuvres vraiment rares, mais même au sein de chacune de ces œuvres-là, et cela m'arriva pour la Sonate de Vinteuil, ce sont les parties les moins précieuses qu'on perçoit d'abord... Moins décevants que la vie, ces grands chefs-d'œuvre ne commencent pas par nous donner ce qu'ils ont de meilleur.
