Marcel Proust Quotes
A woman whom we need and who makes us suffer elicits from us a whole gamut of feelings far more profound and vital than a man of genius who interests us.
Quotes to Explore
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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There are some things that I write that I know are personal in a way, or the gag is so obscure that it's just for me, and there's other things that could basically be for anybody or be anything, at least until the lyrics start to get written.
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Many people in Hungary acted shamefully during World War II.
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I put 'Ghost' online hoping to make a couple hundred bucks, but then the next day, I took meetings with five different record companies.
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I know I have a responsibility to the fans.
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I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.
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Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
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I think I passed up a lot of opportunities for love because I was too interested in identity politics.
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The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.
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And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make.
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A woman whom we need and who makes us suffer elicits from us a whole gamut of feelings far more profound and vital than a man of genius who interests us.
