Marcel Proust Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
-
I am flirtatious by nature, but I have never hurt anyone.
-
Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
-
The Qur'an, throughout all of its verses, aims mainly to establish and confirm four basic, universal truths: the existence and Oneness of the Maker of the universe; Prophethood; bodily Resurrection; and worship and justice.
-
If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
-
My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
-
I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
-
I'm a man without a corporation.
-
Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
-
I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
-
I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.
-
That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
-
What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.
-
My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.
-
In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that minority set-aside programs in municipal contracts were unconstitutional. The court wondered if there were proof that people of color even want to receive municipal contracts.
-
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
-
We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right to better, fuller, and richer life.
-
Having children is what a woman is born for, really.
Nastassja Kinski
-
When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.
-
It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes to the audiences. I have women who come out and support my movies, and that is a huge demographic for me, which is great because some actors don't have a female base at all.
-
Beautiful books are always written in a sort of foreign language.
