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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I'd love to make a thriller.
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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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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
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Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.
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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 person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
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It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.
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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.
