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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Man Political Crime Clever Last

If we want to make Tiger Woods's or Al Gore's face, the best thing would be to have them come to our light stage so we can scan their faces for our database. But in a couple of hours, all we can do is find a face which looks similar and then correct it.

Light Best Woods Face Tiger Find

Never floss with a stranger.

Funny Never Stranger

As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over time, at how people try and sometimes fail to make meaning out of their lives.

Change Time People Looking Meaning

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

Love Respect Death Self Die Lose

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Intelligence Finance Wealth Even

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

Thinking Encouragement Doing Powerful

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

Survive Important Will Prevail

It's great working with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Those guys are really funny.

Funny Great Working Those Guys Jim

I was actually signed at a very young age - I was 12 - and one thing led to another, and I ended up in a mutual split from the label. But it was probably the best thing that could have ever happened, because I was able to kind of leave the industry side of it for a minute and focus on the independent side.

Age Best Focus Young Kind Leave

I play one role until I take on another, which is exactly what a professional actor should do.

Professional Play Actor Take Role

Man proposes, and God disposes.

Ludovico Ariosto

God Man Proposes

I removed 'cyberspace' from my vernacular. The idea, which I grew up with, of going into a place separate from the real world, is something my students just don't recognise.

World Place Real Up Something Going

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