Marcel Proust Quotes
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People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.
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One shouldn't know the future.
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I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.
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Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.
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Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved.
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Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.
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Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible.
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It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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I used to be able to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But now, when I'm in a suit and tie all the time, sitting and being driven, you can just feel your body.
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We live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom: our body.
