Marcel Proust Quotes
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
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Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.
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Beauty should be kind, as well as charm.
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Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
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I never calculate. That is why those who do, calculate so much less accurately than I.
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With one image he would make that beauty explode into me.
