Marcel Proust Quotes
Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.
Quotes to Explore
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I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.
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When two human beings get together, they're co-present, there is built into it a certain responsibility we have for each other, and when people are co-present in family relationships and other relationships, that responsibility is there. You can't just turn off a person. On the Internet, you can.
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I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did.
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Repression is good for cultural achievement. Let's face it. What are gay boys going to be like? I always like to say the 19th-century gay boy was Oscar Wilde, the 20th-century gay boy was Stonewall and ACT UP. And in the 21st century, we have blocking people on Grindr. That's what we've accomplished. Without some kind of traction.
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Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.
