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'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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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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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 Nobel Peace Prize is a great recognition and honour for millions of children in the world. I hope many more people will join the fight against child slavery. This isn't just about India. It's a global phenomenon. We'll work for this globally. I've been working in 147 countries and my responsibility is with all the world's children.
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We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.
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Man's life is thought, And he, despite his terror, cannot cease Ravening through century after century, Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may come Into the desolation of reality.
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Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.
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Remember, Obama was elected by a bigger margin than George W. Bush. He deserves to have his appointees, and he deserves to have votes on the issues, to have the government function, and to fight for the policies on which he was elected.
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It's 45 minutes after the game right now and I still don't want to take this jersey off. That's because I know that when I do it'll be for the last time...
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If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.
