Charles de Gaulle Quotes
France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether they arise from life experience, political ideology or religious belief.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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There is no truly global justice.
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am.
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It is a special case because it illustrates both intention to represent a Paradise on earth and reception of its message. While it is unique in scale and dimension, it also exemplifies the special place that gardens held for the Mughal dynasty.
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I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
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Love is merely a madness; and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason why they are not so punish'd and cured is that the lunacy is so ordinary that the whippers are in love too.
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The genre of horror is really just a way to manage much larger, much more terrifying realities in our daily worlds.
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I prefer silence. Then you can hear thoughts and see into the past. In silence you can’t hide anything … as you can in words.
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Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.
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The planets are not hunks of stuff out there but nodes of vibration that resonate in multiple dimensions that enfold themselves into one another in patterns of complex recursiveness in which Sun, Moon, and Saturn are also modalities of Earth.
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France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
