Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.
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I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear.
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Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; then you become an adult and you think, 'I'm just going to be myself and either they accept it or they don't.' But you know what? I like me, and that's the most important thing.
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Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
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Running opened up something beautiful in my life. I try to send the energy all over my body. I love the feeling of it.
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Since I was little, it was instilled in me to conserve water. In terms of what can you do as an individual, it's an easy issue to get behind.
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When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live seminars, I decided to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul(R)' book. I knew I wanted to have 100 stories in the book, so I wrote or edited two stories a week for a year.
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
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I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on the back burner when I got into music, and my life all changed dramatically.
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I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really.
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Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive.
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I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term 'artist' rather embarrassing.
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I was not only twenty-three, but a conspicuously retarded twenty-three.
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My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here. ...God bless you all.
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I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless.
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Normally, the action is just a gratuitous thing. In the case of Bourne, he was going to learn about himself in the action scenes.
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I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.
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Technology has given us access to the world and its sea of content, allowing us to never speak to another person if we don't want to.
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On ne doit plus craindre les mots lorsqu'on a consenti aux choses.
