Marcel Proust Quotes
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I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple, just to make everything essential.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.
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Fortunately or not, expectations are always high for all my films.
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The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.
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The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him.
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Everybody has some sorrow, worry, and everybody asks God for help.
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I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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What is the Tao Te Ching? Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of existence.
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It's the sweetest thing to be a parent of a daughter. When they hit their twenties, they become these lovebugs that come back. It's just so sweet.
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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
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I love my passport. I plan trips very last minute, so I always carry it with me.
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You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to have him to tea in one of the public reception rooms, but you could accept no invitation from young men to tea or other entertainment without a chaperone from the College.
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I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there's someone you don't hear from, it's the person you want to hear from the most.
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The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home.
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At first, because this genre of music was so urban, sometimes we would sing songs that were so aggressive. And my parents didn't like it. They would break my cassettes and say, 'That music is garbage.'
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I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter.
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Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?
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For a long time I would go to bed early.
