Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: diplomat
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 2, 1754 - May 17, 1838

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But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.

Jim Hodges

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It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

Stephen Leacock

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I like listening to Garrison Keillor's 'The Writer's Almanac' with my daughter.

Amitava Kumar

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Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything.

Trey Anastasio

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I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.

Robert Caro

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Camp is always all business.

Michael Strahan

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It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear.

David Whyte

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I'm not an extremist, you know.

Brigitte Bardot

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We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

Aristotle Onassis

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I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one.

Antonio Banderas

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Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.

Shannon Miller

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In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak.

Richard D. Zanuck

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