Marcel Proust Quotes
Aristocracy is a relative thing. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way places where the son of an upholsterer is the arbiter of fashion and reigns over a court like any young Prince of Wales.
Quotes to Explore
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.
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In my 20s I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
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The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.
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The Classic games were Classic because, like classical music or architecture, they strove to give life and weight to ideals of order and proportion, to provide a vision of timelessness. In 'Double Dragon,' we can see the cracks in the brick, the mold growing on the drainage pipes, the unmistakable deterioration of the world we live in.
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I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.
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Like the Democrats, Playboy just wants to liberate women to behave like pigs, have sex without consequences, prance about naked, and abort children.
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
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Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
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I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
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Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.
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In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.
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Getting the chance at 40 to make up stories that other people would draw and other people would then read is pretty weird.
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We're in the last days, man - I truly, in my heart, believe that. It's written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it's about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.
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After a few weeks, Frank did not appear to want Martha there, but she stayed. When Frank stopped speaking to her, it made no difference and they lived that way for twenty years.
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Aristocracy is a relative thing. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way places where the son of an upholsterer is the arbiter of fashion and reigns over a court like any young Prince of Wales.
