Marcel Proust Quotes
There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.
Quotes to Explore
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether they arise from life experience, political ideology or religious belief.
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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All of life is a foreign country.
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When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author meant sitting at the kitchen table in pajamas, drinking tea with the dogs at your feet.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.
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I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.
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I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
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It sounds really corny but I think that if you're beautiful inside it shows on the outside, for sure.
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Sure, if you're a well to do family, you always have the option of sending your children to private schools where teachers spend less time disciplining kids and more time teaching them. However, this option is beyond the reach of most households. And this is what makes school vouchers such a promising solution for lower and middle income families.
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I've been very busy working on the ABC Family sitcom, 'Baby Daddy.'
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I don't want to live on past records.
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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their successes and from their mistakes also. But you cannot replicate; you can only learn.
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All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.
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In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.
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There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.
