Charles de Montesquieu Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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If you take a look at history, you will find that the understanding of what is good and evil has always existed before the individual religions. The religions were only invented by people afterwards, in order to express this idea.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York.
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Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.
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The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market.
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Equal Vision seems to be doing really well. A lot of these major labels are just imploding and becoming indie labels, anyway.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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Creatively, I've always wanted to be different as it relates to my craft, and reggae, being a part of my culture, makes up a percentage of that uniqueness. The only definition I can think of to describe my style is 'OMI.'
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Having a conversation on a landline is more intimate than talking to someone in person. Your voices are so clear and close - you're in each other's heads.
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I love the Internet, but I think you have to only use it in the ways that are good for you. I think there's so much speculation that happens.
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My mom was very much the product of a very paternalistic, deep-southern culture, but also a repressed feminist. Her way of being defiant was to raise us to be rebellious ourselves - basically, the opposite of who she had to be in her own life.
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There is a lot more hard work to do in the future for the well-being of our sisters and brothers, the people of Thailand.
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I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.
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Win pretty, win ugly, just win.
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Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.
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In art, practice always comes before theory.
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It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.
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There are 10 different views on the details. It is not unique in the world to try to find compromises.
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The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
