Clemence Poesy Quotes
Paris is where my family are, but it's not really home now because I have dear friends in London and dear friends in New York.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.
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Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any other international body is not in the long-term interests of our people.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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Like at home, I don't wear heels. But everywhere else I go, I wear heels.
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I have a full Tuscan lunch and dinner every day in my home; my husband's a fantastic chef.
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The real voice is stiller and smaller and seems to know, without confusion, the difference between right and wrong and the subtle delineation between the beautiful and profane. It's not an agitated voice, but ever patient as though it approves a million false starts. The voice I am talking about is a deep water of calming wisdom.
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Now that I'm in the position I'm in now, I like to take all my creative ideas and put 'em on the Internet for my fans to interact with. Give 'em something to do.
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My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.
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Age doesn't mean anything. Its all in your head. Men get sexier with age. They also get wiser and get experienced.
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Paris is where my family are, but it's not really home now because I have dear friends in London and dear friends in New York.
