Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I'd be lying if I said I never think about my female fans in certain shots and certain scenes. Like, when I'm topless, I might think: 'This one is for the ladies.'
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When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.
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Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.
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I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
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Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole human evolution process.
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Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.'
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Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.
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Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.
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My grandpa sells condoms to sailors, He punctures the tips with a pin, My grandma does back-street abortions, My god how the money rolls in.
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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During summer or charity games I'll wear my bright orange or green or turquoise ones and guys are always like, 'Why are your shoes so bright?'
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Acting was always something deep down I knew I wanted to do. It wasn't, like, a normal profession to want to pursue, and I knew that.
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I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side?
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I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.
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My brother is my best friend.
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Rien n'est plus lent que la véritable naissance d'un homme.
