Marcel Proust Quotes
Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.
Quotes to Explore
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.
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If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
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After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
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I eat healthy and don't even get on a scale. I have my favorite jeans that I wear, and if they are getting too snug, I watch what I eat for a week.
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Poems have a different music from ordinary language, and every poem has a different kind of music of necessity, and that's, in a way, the hardest thing about writing poetry is waiting for that music, and sometimes you never know if it's going to come.
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I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.
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One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.
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Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
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So I'm half deaf - and dyslexic. How about that? Nobody's perfect, and I'm proud of my defects.
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I was just sick of being fat, you know? You get sick of it. It just really, it's a tiring lifestyle to have.
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The world doesn’t need more people playing small. It’s time to stop hiding out and start stepping out. It’s time to stop needing and start leading. It’s time to start sharing your gifts instead of hoarding them or pretending they don’t exist. It’s time you started playing the game of life in a “big” way.
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People need good lies. There are too many bad ones.
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We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
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Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.
