Honore de Balzac Quotes

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Honore de Balzac

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older.

Jodie Foster

ParentsThinkYouKindPassionate

We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.

Jerry Bruckheimer

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The day will happen whether or not you get up.

John Ciardi

DayYouWillHappenUpGet

But clearly an economy that's growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that's an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation.

John W. Snow

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I'm a big music person. I compare a lot of my emotions to how something sounds.

Analeigh Tipton

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Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me as a little black girl, too.

Storm Reid

GirlHopeLightMeBlackGiving

Obviously, you cannot do full repeal of Obamacare without a 60-vote bill in the Senate, but you can surely gut the law and give people true healthcare freedom with 51 votes in the Senate.

Steve Scalise

FreedomPeopleLawYouHealthcare

For those of us playing in a foreign league, it's always nice to spend a few days with family and friends who we don't get to see every day.

Toni Kroos

FamilyDayFriendsEvery DayNice

What we're dealing with is institutional, and unless systems are put into place that will ensure accountability, we can expect racially biased police practices to continue.

Michelle Alexander

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In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

Jean Cocteau

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I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

Jason Silva

PeopleMeIdeasKindAlwaysTell

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

Donna Tartt

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