Charles de Gaulle Quotes
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
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Non-violence is the article of faith.
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The economic dynamic in Zimbabwe is perversely robust: while ordinary people suffer, black-market dealers and people with foreign bank accounts prosper, making them powerful stakeholders in the perpetuation of devastating economic policies.
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Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.
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Sometimes I just crave to play in Shakespeare again and I know and love playing Orlando so much.
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I'm a terrible actor. I would suck in films! The only way I would do well is if I was playing myself, which is what I did in my career.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
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I want to paint something that's gorgeous, something that's perfect. So that it's full of sadness.
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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.
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Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.
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If we are happy within ourselves, we don't accept or demand that our partner should fulfill every need. We need to be comfortable with our own company.
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People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.
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Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose.
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If I was a boy, nobody would care that I worked out six, seven hours a day when I was 9 years old, no? Why were people always saying 'poor little girl?' I liked to work out and always did more than I was asked to.
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I'm certainly curious about people. As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was raised in a lot of different places, and thanks to working in the movies, I've gotten to keep traveling. I've always been interested in other cultures and languages.
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Just being in the military, you're so violent. We got into fights about just random things all the time. I don't think as aggressively as I did when I was in the Marine Corps.
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It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These are major perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful.
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Men have influenced my activism and feminism both positively and negatively. As most gender differences are social, not genetic, we still need to change what we do and what we expect of each other... The potential exists for societies where men and women do not have to conform to unwanted stereotypes.
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Oh how our neighbour lifts his nose, To tell what every schoolboy knows.
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There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.
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There are babies a span long in hell.
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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
