Marcel Proust Quotes
Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
Quotes to Explore
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I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I am a just man.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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In some cases, some people do get depressed in the middle of their grief, and they really need to be treated for depression.
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People say to me 'you're successful, what are you crying about?'. I'm crying about the people. I'm crying about their daughters. Our daughters, as one family. What good is it. What good is anything that everyone can't have. Every ism. They think we're done with racism. What about elitism, what about separatism, what about classism? That's all.
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I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move that off and try something new. It's a great workshop for me.
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I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!
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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
