Honore de Balzac Quotes

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

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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The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.

John Williams

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I got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school.

Stephen Sprouse

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I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast.

Summer Sanders

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The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts.

Steven Zaillian

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Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn.

Tony Fadell

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I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.

Robert Carlyle

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This country deserves a statesman who can represent the people with proper decorum, respect, and knowledge of what's happening in the world, and I don't believe that Donald Trump represents any of that.

Michael Kelly

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The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.

Jonathan Anderson

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What I did at the start of each season, regardless if I was coming back as the champion, was run indoors and take forward steps from the first race.

Donovan Bailey

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I think I'm a very notoriously positive comic.

Chris Gethard

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I was a sports fan long before I had any interest in film-making.

Asif Kapadia

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Western countries have gone through their development cycle and enjoyed the fruits of ruining the environment over many years and are now giving us homilies and pontificating on responsibilities to the environment. I think they need to look inward.

Piyush Goyal

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