Charles de Gaulle Quotes
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
Quotes to Explore
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is the '1812 Overture.' Pomp and circumstance, fireworks and cannons, lots and lots of fun, and in the end, still Tchaikovsky.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.
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I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in.
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I increasingly see organized religion as actually my enemy. They treat me as their enemy. Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims.
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The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center.
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My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She's, like, five-two, maybe.
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The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.
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I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools.
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The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not.
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
