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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As a writer, you're not even at the party when you work in film. At best, you're the one laying out the canapes.
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Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.
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The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.
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We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after hours, because going up and down hills all day was a good workout in itself.
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I think we Chinese are just as capable, as diligent, as hardworking, as peace-loving, and as creative as people everywhere.
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There are optical illusions in time as well as space.
