Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
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Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. That is the ultimate secret of success. Never, never, never give up!
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.
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I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.
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I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry.
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When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I really want to come out as an artist because I want people to see who I really am... artistically, I tend to be drawn to the darker things. What the music will be able to do is show people that I am an adult now.
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It's hard for me to take care of myself, let's put it that way. I am my last priority.
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Having our fundamental assumptions about life challenged is never a comfortable thing.
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I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
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Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
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I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.
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If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a band.
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We are not here to laugh.
