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Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

Jean de la Bruyere

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: french
Birth: 1645 - 1696

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Man People Master Slave May Useful

At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

People Person Golden First See Much

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

John W. Gardner

Politics Government Over Pay Out Up

We feel like if we miss a Sunday at church, that's one thing, but we can't miss an opportunity to help.

Opportunity Church Feel Help Sunday

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not.

Win Someone Sometimes Games Movement

Profit is one way that you can take pride in the way you publish things and insure that you can go on doing it.

Pride Doing You Profit Go Way

Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way.

Job Support People Me Sorry Think

People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they're trying to fool you or because they're hypocrites. It's because they badly want to be that thing, and so they'll try to be it.

Fool People Present Trying You Want

Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.

Think You Things Count Because

The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that.

Today Tomorrow Cold Potential Know

I'm not necessarily opposed to greater American involvement. But if that's the way the Mexican government wants to go, it needs to come clean about it. Just look at what we learned from Iraq. Secrecy led to malfeasance. It led to corrupt contracting.

Government American Look Go Way

I love having a shaved head. I'd rather not deal with hair if I don't have to. I like not thinking about it. A shaved head and letting my beard go requires the least amount of anything.

Love Hair Beard Thinking Go Head

The aim of SK's fundamental change is to increase happiness and share it with society.

Change Happiness Society Aim Share

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