Marcel Proust Quotes
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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I believed I was invincible.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard.
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India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.
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A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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I love comedy, but I was just obsessed with 'SNL' growing up.
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I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.
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I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.
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The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.
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All the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be - don't try to become. Within these two words - being and becoming, your whole life is contained. Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance.
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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.
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We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretentions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation.
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I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them like professionals.
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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.
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There are optical illusions in time as well as space.
