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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To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.
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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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We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
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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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Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.
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I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I realize the deepest yearning of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Garry Kasparov -
We are not here to laugh.
