Nicolas Chamfort Quotes

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.

Nicolas Chamfort

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 6, 1741 - April 13, 1794

Topics

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Being on set is difficult for the writer. Your job is done, and you have to step back and hand it over to the director.

John Niven

JobStepYouBackDoneHand

We know that Diana Vishneva is a phenomenon of strength and style, and she certainly has earned the right to stretch her talents as best she can.

Robert Gottlieb

StrengthStyleBestKnowSheRight

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win.

Matthew McConaughey

LoveScienceArtMeWinHands

This was a dairy cow, and dairy cows have IDs on them. The ID was traced back to the farm in Washington. It's a dairy farm. And that farm now has been quarantined, and the owners have been very cooperative in doing that.

Ann Veneman

DoingFarmCowBackNowWashington

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

Stan Getz

Mickey MouseKindsMousePlayed

When I think about myself as a teenager going to festivals, you look to the main stage as the main entertainment of the night.

Romy Madley Croft

MyselfNightThinkFestivalsLook

It's true that your environment influences how you write.

Mary Gaitskill

EnvironmentYouTrueWriteYourHow

Inhumane treatment of the undocumented cannot be rewarded with repeated budget increases. It goes against our country's most fundamental values and cannot continue. We must cut I.C.E.s budgets until these concerns are addressed.

Mike Quigley

BudgetValuesCountryCutAgainst

I think it's a great pity in the Anglophone world that we conflate cinema verite and Direct Cinema; they're, in fact, ontological opposites. In Direct Cinema, we create a fictional reality with characters and pretend we're not that.

Joshua Oppenheimer

GreatWorldThinkRealityCinema

I can't marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state of New York where I live, but because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government, which hands out visas, won't recognize my marriage.

Jose Antonio Vargas

MarriageLiveGovernmentNew York

As a gold-card-carrying member of the nerd herd, I'm usually in the artsy, fringy, PBS-y kind of shows that change maybe five people's lives forever while leaving everyone else wondering if they can still make the ticket lottery at 'Wicked.'

Donna Lynne Champlin

ChangePeopleKindLeavingLottery

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot.

Donnie Wahlberg

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