Cyrano de Bergerac Quotes
People were soon talking only of my bons mots, and they esteemed my wit so highly that the clergy was forced to publish a decree that forbade anyone to believe I was capable of reason, and it expressly commanded everyone of all ranks to believe - no matter how intelligently I might act - that I was guided by instinct.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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When I was around 15, I did my first movie. I was at a kids' agency, and the third time I was invited to an audition, they offered me a little part in some kiddie thing, and I earned my first money. I was very proud that I could buy my first mountain bike with my own money.
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Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.
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Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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Anyone can look beautiful.
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I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.
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If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
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I don't believe that the Earth's but about 9,000 years old. I believe it was created in six days as we know them. That's what the Bible says.
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Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy, by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms.
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People were soon talking only of my bons mots, and they esteemed my wit so highly that the clergy was forced to publish a decree that forbade anyone to believe I was capable of reason, and it expressly commanded everyone of all ranks to believe - no matter how intelligently I might act - that I was guided by instinct.
