Charles de Gaulle Quotes
Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.
Quotes to Explore
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines.
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Fiction is a particular kind of rhetoric, a way of thinking that I think can be useful in your life. It asks you to image the world through someone else's eyes, and it allows you to try to empathize with situations that you haven't actually experienced.
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When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interesting is to not make it an anti-war play, because I actually think there are important times to go to war in this world. That's just the reality. But what's interesting is the not caring.
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It's so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside... who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture.
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Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.
