Marcel Proust Quotes
Similarly the men who produce works of genius are not those who live in the most delicate atmosphere, whose conversation is most brilliant, or their culture broadest, but those who have had the power, ceasing in a moment to live only for themselves, to make use of their personality as of a mirror.
Marcel Proust
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
Ted Koppel
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
E. L. Doctorow
Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
Wendell Phillips
I think that any woman who had a conversation with me and had an opportunity to truly understand my life story wouldn't view it through a critical lens. There are people, of course, in the world of politics, who look for things to be critical about. But those people are already against you.
Wendy Davis
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
Carl Sandburg
I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.
Edith Sitwell
Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head.
R. Kelly
Generally, when it comes to covers, I try and add elements that may not take your immediate attention but really become important the more you look at them.
Lee Bermejo
Let us develop an agenda for children that says we can do something about teen pregnancy. Let us make sure that parents are old enough, wise enough, and financially able to take care of their children.
Janet Reno
There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.
Jonathan Swift
By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
Victoria Woodhull
Similarly the men who produce works of genius are not those who live in the most delicate atmosphere, whose conversation is most brilliant, or their culture broadest, but those who have had the power, ceasing in a moment to live only for themselves, to make use of their personality as of a mirror.
Marcel Proust