Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 7, 1903 - December 17, 1987

Topics

TruthLieMoreNeverOrderSauce

I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we're able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it's great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One.

Jenson Button

GreatThinkInformationTalkFans

The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!

John Hickenlooper

TimeAmerican DreamAmericanEnjoy

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.

Matt Kemp

LoveYouTroubleOutHereGet

My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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That attitude toward women as objects may have worked for the late Sixties, but it doesn't do so now.

John Schlesinger

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I love vinyl, man.

Amos Lee

LoveManVinylI Love

People on a daily basis walk up to me, panic, and tell me something extremely graphic and violent about their life.

Trixie Mattel

LifeDailyWalkPeopleMeTell

A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of 'mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans.

Tom Robbins

WorkMindWritingThinkLiterature

I really, honest to God, didn't know what to read until I was out of college and living in Boston, and someone said, 'Well, why don't you read Hemingway?' And I thought, 'OK. I guess I'll try this Hemingway fellow.'

Tom Drury

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Even when you're 22 and you feel immortal, you know in your heart you're not.

Ron Howard

HeartFeelYouKnowYourEven

There's something to be said for being given a tremendous amount of freedom as an actor.

Rosemarie DeWitt

FreedomSaidActorBeingSomething

There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and respect, but in a way I think it's better to keep a distance. I think you get better pictures of people that you don't know very well.

Mary Ellen Mark

RespectBestPeopleThinkBetter

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