Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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New York is a fantastic city.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little.
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I know, for me, 'Grease' was one of the first musicals that I can really remember watching as a kid, and I kind of fell in love that that genre.
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As a driver, you always dream of winning a F1 race, and to win so early on in my career was very special.
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We need to invest in healthcare, in education, in the sciences. And in so doing, we will tackle one of the most intractable problems we face, which is gross wealth inequality. We can't fight climate change without dealing with inequality in our countries and between our countries.
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The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do that in the 1950s if you were gay. There were secret handshakes, a secret language. There was nowhere you could go to be romantic outside of people's houses.
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I sat at the popular table, but I always felt really geeky.
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Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.
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Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
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The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.
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My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
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I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.
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A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
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Heavy problems genocide desensitized environments Sometimes make it hard to sympathize, pardon
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My family actually moved a lot growing up. I really only lived in one place every five or six years, and then we'd move again. That was just for my dad's work.
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Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.
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The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.
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Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and that's OK with certain films. But that isn't right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it - he is in charge of it.
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Nous nous croyons purs tant que nous méprisons ce que nous ne désirons pas.
