Marcel Proust Quotes
We may have revolved every possible idea in our minds, and yet the truth has never occurred to us, and it is from without, when we are least expecting it, that it gives us its cruel stab and wounds us forever.Marcel Proust
Quotes to Explore
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
Patrick Leahy -
I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
Rachel Platten -
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
Karl Urban -
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
Ed Gillespie
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
Damon Hill -
I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.
Zosia Mamet -
We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
Tammy Duckworth -
I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
Kate DiCamillo -
In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
S. I. Hayakawa -
I cut up loads. I always want everything shorter, shorter, shorter.
Kate Moss
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You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
Mahatma Gandhi -
He got his mean streak from the gutterGot his kindness from God
Laura Nyro -
Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?
Alexander the Great -
So enough with the bigotry and bombast. Donald Trump's not offering real change. He's offering empty promises.
Hillary Clinton -
Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
Billy Corgan The Smashing Pumpkins -
I think that I'm definitely going to keep writing music forever. I can't stop even if I tried.
Frankie Cosmos
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Often on a journey of spiritual transformation, that is ultimately what heals the pain: the veil is removed from in front of our own eyes and we see where we had been thinking thoughts that would inevitably lead to pain. Until we change those thoughts, the pain will remain.
Marianne Williamson -
But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another.
Jock Sturges -
To speak the truth is easy and pleasant.
Mikhail Bulgakov -
The truth is supposed to hurt. That's how it lets you know you don't got it.
Brad Stine -
If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
Isaac Barrow -
We may have revolved every possible idea in our minds, and yet the truth has never occurred to us, and it is from without, when we are least expecting it, that it gives us its cruel stab and wounds us forever.
Marcel Proust