Marcel Proust Quotes
There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.
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It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words. But there is a wide range of emotional response that we make that cannot be put into words. We are so used to making these emotional responses that we are not consciously aware of them till they are represented in art work.
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We are removing the most important cultural roadblock to accepting the role of God as creator.
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But when I think of superchicks, I think of the roles, not the variety.
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The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.
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The female form is much more erotic than the male, who doesn't think that?
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The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?
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It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans in social media than it is to communicate complex policies.
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Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with the world does not give us power within the world so much as it diminishes our power here. It makes us frightened and nervous and full of anxiety.
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My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics.
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Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're talking about what rights are granted to what identities, under what laws, and all that is a big mix. Marriage is, among many other things, a formality to channel capital through a family. And that's why the big DOMA lawsuit was about paying too many taxes! "I wouldn't have had to pay all these taxes if Theodora had been Theo" - that was the big tagline. It's all about protecting assets.
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To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.
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There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.
