Marcel Proust Quotes
It is desire that engenders belief and if we fail as a rule to take this into account, it is because most of the desires that create beliefs end only with our own life.
Quotes to Explore
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.
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Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
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I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal.
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Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.
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Your anger is a gift.
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I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.
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That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
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I often want things to make definite statements. If I order onions sliced thinly on my hamburger, I don't want them to come out sort of medium. But that doesn't mean it's a reasonable desire, in all things.
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Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.
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It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and experience. I specifically ask not to know these purposes so that I might remain a child in their unfolding.
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Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.
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It is desire that engenders belief and if we fail as a rule to take this into account, it is because most of the desires that create beliefs end only with our own life.
