Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes

Tout bonheur est un chef-d'oeuvre: la moindre erreur le fausse, la moindre hésitation l'altère, la moindre lourdeur le dépare, la moindre sottise l'abêtit.

Marguerite Yourcenar

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• The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

  

  Walter Savage Landor
  • Song
  • Singing
  • Thee

• I'd like to do more acting.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Like
  • Acting
  • More

• Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Up
  • Work
  • Growing

• Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Sometimes
  • Never
  • Laugh

• Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you and your destiny. I'm letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don't, I just refuse, as simple as that.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Feeling
  • Simple
  • Destiny

• Our lives teach us who we are.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Teach
  • Lives
  • U.S.

• Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Yourself
  • Try
  • Be Yourself

• 'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Dark
  • Blue
  • Season

• Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!

  

  Becky G
  • Time
  • Like
  • Got

• For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Electronic

• When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • People
  • Education
  • Health

• I like to frequent antiques shops and flea markets like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
  • Like
  • Rose
  • Bowl

• I like to control my own personal life.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Life
  • Control
  • Like

• You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.

  

  Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Experience
  • Know
  • Morning

• We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Movie
  • Free
  • Pay

• Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.

  

  Immaculee Ilibagiza
  • World
  • Humanity
  • Paradise

• I love doing kitchen renovations where we're opening up the kitchen and creating open-concept main floors. I think that's one renovation that really changes the way people live in their homes.

  

  Candice Olson
  • People
  • Up
  • Live

• Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up

• It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.

  

  Cheryl Hines
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Girl

• When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Kids
  • Fun
  • Girl

• Searching for what I need, and I don't even know precisely what that is, I was going from a man to a man, and I saw that all of them together have less than me who has nothing, and that I left to each of them a bit of that what I don't have and I've been searching for.

  

  Ivo Andric
  • Together
  • Man
  • Need

• I think there are a lot of artists that are very traditional. I think someone can be a fan of someone like Josh Turner and then turn around and be a big fan of someone like Taylor Swift because, at the end of the day, it's all about those songs. I feel like country music has the best songwriting and the best songs of any genre.

  

  Charles Kelley Lady Antebellum
  • Music
  • Country

• Following Jesus is not about diligently keeping a set of rules or conjuring up the moral fortitude to lead good lives. It's about loving God and enjoying Him

  

  Francis Chan
  • Moral
  • Enjoy
  • Following

• Tout bonheur est un chef-d'oeuvre: la moindre erreur le fausse, la moindre hésitation l'altère, la moindre lourdeur le dépare, la moindre sottise l'abêtit.

  

  Marguerite Yourcenar