Marcel Proust Quotes
... in love, barriers cannot be destroyed from the outside by the one to whom the cause despair, no matter what he does; and it isonly when he is no longer concerned with them that, suddenly, as a result of work coming from elsewhere, accomplished within the one who did not love him, these barriers, formerly attacked without success, fall futilely.
Quotes to Explore
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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I won't join another band again.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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I write in cafes, never at home. I cannot focus at home, am forever getting off my chair to do other things. In a cafe, I have to sit still, or I'll look a bit unhinged.
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But love brings much happiness - much more so than pining brings pain.
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I was in love with the innocence of dogs, the purity of their affection. They didn't know enough to hide their feelings. They existed. A dog was a dog. There was such a simple elegance about being a dog that I envied.
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... in love, barriers cannot be destroyed from the outside by the one to whom the cause despair, no matter what he does; and it isonly when he is no longer concerned with them that, suddenly, as a result of work coming from elsewhere, accomplished within the one who did not love him, these barriers, formerly attacked without success, fall futilely.
