Marcel Proust Quotes
Man is the creature that cannot emerge from himself, that knows his fellows only in himself; when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.

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I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'
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Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.
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I do a lot of ceramics.
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I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.
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I'm a humble student of acting myself and part of that studentship is teaching.
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For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country's cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier.
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The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall.
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The participants expressed anxiety about the problems the Defense Ministry had been meeting in realizing its plans for future development.
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One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world.
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Painting gives the object itself; poetry what it implies. Painting embodies what a thing contains in itself; poetry suggests what exists out of it, in any manner connected with it.
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Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
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...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men on the expedition felt overwhelmed by their most ancient memories in that paradise of dampness and silence, going back to before original sin, as their boots sank into pools of steaming oil and their machetes destroyed bloody lilies and golden salamanders.
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Now quantitatively we rank things on something called alpha over standard deviation, which is the return independent of the market divided by volatility. Usually, to get a high ranking, you need some buying pressure.
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If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.
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Man is the creature that cannot emerge from himself, that knows his fellows only in himself; when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.