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Alexandre Dumas Quotes

It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

Alexandre Dumas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: french
Birth: July 24, 1802 - December 5, 1870

Topics

Good Live Death Know Order How

I do not like bad photographs. I don't like to be badly lit. There is a fashion, particularly on stage, for very 'toppy' lighting, which makes a child look 50. Ten o'clock is very good. If someone is taking a picture, you say, 'Lamps at 10 o'clock,' then everybody looks lovely.

Good Child Fashion Picture Someone

In Hollywood, it's not what you know but who you know.

Jermaine Fowler

You Know Hollywood Who

Most scholarly books we read for the information or insight they contain. But some we return to simply for the pleasure of the author's company.

Information Insight Company Pleasure

It is said that a neo-conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.

Reality Said Liberal Been Who

The things I connected with Zurich about were that he is a selfless person; he wants the best for everybody. He wants to see everybody win. And he's a strong person. A lot of the time, he doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve because he wants to stay strong for his line brothers, his family, his mom, everybody. I feel like I can relate to that.

Family Time Best Mom Win Strong

I've had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.

Time Long Relationships Long-Term

We have a lot of freedom to express ourselves. When you see us playing on the field, I guess you can make that out. This batting unit, especially, is fearless. We want to go out there and achieve the best possible result.

Freedom Best Fearless Result You Go

Reading aloud to other people is wonderful - if you have people who will suffer it.

People Reading You Will Suffer Who

Christmas is a Christian holiday, and any self-respecting person of another religion should not celebrate a holiday that they don't believe in. Clearly, Christ is in the name of the holiday, so there should be a belief in Him.

Religion Celebrate Believe Name

It's a consoling notion that death is a very tiny hole, and you need to make yourself very small to get through it. One obviously needs to lighten off, and a rucksack full of bricks or a mantelpiece full of trophies will certainly have to be abandoned - the sooner the better, I say.

Death Yourself Small Better You Say

The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this terrible spiral: Since they're not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it's really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the 'Guys Read' thing.

Good Reading Problem Kind Years Big

You know, if you meet someone for the first time, they're not going to bite you.

Time Someone You Know Meet First

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