Marcel Proust Quotes
Wars are fought for the benefit of oligarchs, triumphs bought with the blood of peons.
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When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists.
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
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Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs.
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With all due respect to the people who made the motorcycle movies during the '60s, I felt the sophistication level could be a bit higher, and I felt I could raise the bar on that, too.
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I'm really tired of virtue.
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I would like my kids to go to college and be exposed to the real world and to make their own decisions and find their own path instead of sending them somewhere where they would be creatively conditioned for one life path or another.
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According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze.
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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.
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People in this world shun people for being great, for being a bright color, for standing out. But the time is now, to be OK with being the greatest you.
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I'm never as happy as when I'm pregnant. I literally would have 10 babies if I could!
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Only Mary Queen of Scots challenged the prevailing orthodoxy when she wore white to mourn the death of Lord Darnley in 1567, earning the title of ‘The White Queen’.
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We started off 0-4 and, for this team, it is just a matter of everybody stepping up their play to the level of the captains. I am still not pleased with the way we are playing. It is the small things, but this win shows that we can play with the best.
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The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood.
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The habit of shedding blood, or even of seeing it shed, corrupts all sentiment of humanity.
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Wars are fought for the benefit of oligarchs, triumphs bought with the blood of peons.
