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Voltaire Quotes

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778

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Hate Men Nothing Him Individual

Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art.

Work Art Me Problems Artist Wrong

When I'm working and I eat healthily all week, then I give myself one day - usually Sunday - when I eat just what I want. You have to; otherwise, your mind goes a little nutso.

Myself Day Mind Week You Sunday

The only way to move forward is to be able to trust whomever you're with 100 percent.

Melissa McBride

Trust Forward You Way Move Percent

I went from living in a house with five guys in Palo Alto, and living off their leftovers, to all of a sudden having all kinds of resources. And I wanted to figure out how I could take the blessing of these resources and share it with the world.

Blessing World House Living Out Off

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Relationship Great Man Humility Test

I'm a practitioner of elegant frugality. I don't feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead by example.

People Feel Lead By Example Try Lead

I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them.

Women Heart People Sympathy Comfort

The differences between Secretary Clinton and Donald Trump in terms of temperament, in terms of values, couldn't be more stark.

Values Differences Donald Trump More

I didn't really identify with the music of my own generation, but I was very curious about the music of others.

Music Curious Generation My Own Own

When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion.

Day Growing Up End Of The Day End

I like to just work with great directors.

Work Great Just Like Directors

I don't remember that I ever really went all out to come up with a costume or a persona that could compete with everyone around me. I didn't know what to do. I found Halloween scary for just that fact - it meant that I had pressure to get up and be scary, makeup and all that. That was pretty horrifying for me.

Christopher Lloyd

Me Makeup Pressure Remember Know Up

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