Honore de Balzac Quotes

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Honore de Balzac

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850

Topics

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I don't think talent or an instinct for acting is something you can teach.

Jodie Comer

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Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.

Jerrold Nadler

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It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me.

Joel Coen

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The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

Robert Kiyosaki

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I love Milwaukee, the rust belt. It's a very special part of America that's full of promise but also full of pain, where poverty is acute.

Matthew Desmond

LovePainAmericaPovertySpecial

Families who get evicted tend to live in worse housing than they did before, and they live in neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and higher crime rates than they did before.

Matthew Desmond

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Israel deserves special treatment from the United States, both for historical reasons and because there can be no regional peace without a secure Israel.

Stephen Kinzer

PeaceSpecialWithoutHistorical

There is something special when creative people get together.

Joy Mangano

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We need to make Net Neutrality the law. We need to elect a Congress that will make it a priority to keep this important principal intact - and insure equal and open access to the Internet for all.

Chellie Pingree

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You can't learn to take a punch. Whether you have a glass chin or you don't, the only way of finding out is having it land.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.

Alice Ripley

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A lot of companies have teams, but they are not really independent. They still have to get stuff approved by the boss. You have to change how and where decisions are made. If the hierarchy makes the decision, it will be based on politics.

Scott Cook

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