Marcel Proust Quotes
May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, as it has come for me now, when the woods are black, when night is fast falling, you will be able to console yourself, as I do, by looking up at the sky.
Quotes to Explore
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When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.
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Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.
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We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
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I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
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One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival.
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Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
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And the hooded clouds, like friars,Tell their beads in drops of rain.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man. It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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I had the great privilege in 2011 and 2012 of learning a lot about what it takes to run for the presidency of the United States. It is one of the greatest challenges that any human being could take upon themselves.
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Because of her life, I've been able to say, 'If Oprah can make it, I can make it.' I look at Oprah and was saying to a friend, 'If you wanted to have a checklist for all the reasons why someone would give up or say, 'I'm not going to make it,' or, 'I'm not worthy,' she pretty much has had all of those things on her list.'
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Someone who's a great hero of mine and has become a friend is Patti Smith.
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I don't regret either of my marriages - not for a minute.
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Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.
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May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend; and then, even when the time comes, as it has come for me now, when the woods are black, when night is fast falling, you will be able to console yourself, as I do, by looking up at the sky.
