Charles de Gaulle Quotes
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.Charles de Gaulle
Quotes to Explore
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Non-violence is the article of faith.
Mahatma Gandhi -
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.
Samantha Power -
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Walter Winchell -
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
Ian Mckellen -
Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.
Ralph Fiennes -
Sometimes I just crave to play in Shakespeare again and I know and love playing Orlando so much.
Basil Rathbone
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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.
Daniel Bryan -
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.
Mae Whitman -
Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
J. A. Konrath -
I want to paint something that's gorgeous, something that's perfect. So that it's full of sadness.
Gary Hume -
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.
Eddie Izzard -
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.
Talcott Parsons
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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.
Nathaniel Branden -
People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.
Carl Olson -
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.
Barbara Boxer -
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.
Nadia Comaneci -
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.
Viggo Mortensen -
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.
Adam Driver
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'I Am Number Four' is a great story about a guy who's trying to find his destiny and figure out who he is and his identity.
Alex Pettyfer -
Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week.
James L. Brooks -
Sometimes the most difficult, horrific things can be the greatest spiritual teachers.
Cameron Mathison -
Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girls on the covers of magazines, smoking cigars. Give me a break. I didn't want to be a part of that. I don't like 'popular.'
James Coburn -
If you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less.
Matt Gonzalez -
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
Charles de Gaulle