Marcel Proust Quotes
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.
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It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
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Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.
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It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
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If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.
