Marcel Proust Quotes
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
Marcel Proust
Quotes to Explore
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We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.
Jack White
The White Stripes
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
Nat Wolff
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
Jack Kevorkian
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
Zubin Mehta
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Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.
Mads Mikkelsen
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
Tamra Davis
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I think men are, like, repulsive, and I prefer being in a room with women. I think they're often just more interesting.
Jack Antonoff
Fun.
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If I'm not comfortable in my own skin or confident in who I am, then I'm going to pick parts based on how people are going to view them, not based on what I find challenging or entertaining.
Mila Kunis
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The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.
Mark Zandi
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My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.
Tammy Duckworth
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The background of any artist is shaped by the first 15 years of his or her life.
Pete Hamill
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Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
Marcel Proust