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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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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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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Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable.
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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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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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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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That which you think today becomes that which you are tomorrow.
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Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract a shape out of it following one's own desire, or, sometimes, the inspiration of the material itself: this gives the sculptor great joy.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.
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When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.
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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.
