Marcel Proust Quotes
When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.
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You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
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Good sports facilities are a blessing.
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
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We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.
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How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.
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I remember being described often as 'the horrifically ugly Jack McCall,' and I kept thinking it took me about 10 seconds to get like that.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change.
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The appointment of judges to the higher judiciary cannot be the sole domain of a few members of the higher judiciary. This turf must be shared.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.
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My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region of Seattle. You had a choice - you either joined or formed a gang or you let others bully you.
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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
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So I just play the character, I play the lines.
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I believe in one thing-that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
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A girlfriend had caught me in a compromising situation with another girl, ... In trying to defuse the situation, I said 'please, stop in the name of love,' as corny as that may sound. Then I said 'Wow, did you hear that cash register? That's how things happen, songs come out of nowhere.
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But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly.
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If you overesteem great men, people become powerless. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. The Master leads by emptying people's minds and filling their cores, by weakening their ambition and toughening their resolve. He helps people lose everything they know, everything they desire, and creates confusion in those who think that they know. Practice not-doing, and everything will fall into place.
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I love breaking stereotypes.
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Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?
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When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
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When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.
