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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Art Inevitable Foresee Statesmanship

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Time Lucky Up Just Pregnant Were

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

Future Day Peace Effort People Care

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.

John Millington Synge

Life Beauty Character Art Simple

It's 5 P.M. at the office. Working fast, you've finished your tasks for the day and want to go home. But none of your colleagues have left yet, so you stay another hour or two, surfing the Web and reading your e-mails again, so you don't come off as a slacker. It's an unfortunate reality that efficiency often goes unrewarded in the workplace.

Home Day Colleagues Reading Reality

I don't regret putting 'The Apprentice' on television.

Regret Television Putting Apprentice

My M.O. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that.

Work Me Try Position Wonderful Able

I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.

People Me Impossible Think Now Saw

When I was a kid, my parents were always like, 'Money doesn't buy happiness.' I thought, 'You just didn't make enough money.' I had to go find it out for myself.

Happiness Myself Money Parents You

I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why do you want to go here?' And I took out all of my comedy writing samples that I had done. I couldn't have been more delusional in terms of what I thought they wanted in a candidate for college.

Woman College Writing Thought Comedy

I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.

Julia Margaret Cameron

Beauty Me Satisfied Longing Been

It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers.

Jose Maria Aznar

Mistake Years Order Avoid Neglected

I'm just a simple country girl.

Girl Simple Country Just

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