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Marcel Proust Quotes

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: french
Birth: July 10, 1871 - November 18, 1922

Topics

Practice Others More Hidden Vice Us

Media is very different from financial services. People are very fickle and very vocal. They believe that things should be one way and not the other. It's still very rewarding to build products for huge audiences. It feels like you're making an impact.

People Believe Financial Impact You

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.

Time Child Writing Thinking Reason

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.

Shirley MacLaine

Me Play Mob Gin How Taught

I'm about 75 pages into a book on poetry. I don't know if anybody wants to read it. It's on any broad variety of subjects. I walk down the street and think of a topic and jot it down and say, 'Okay, that's another one.' They go from the humorous to the serious to every topic imaginable.

Walk Poetry Book Think Down Know

I'm a cowboy. I wear a hat. I drive a 4x4 Silverado diesel truck. I've got a farm.

Hat Truck Drive Farm Wear Cowboy

I think of myself as making independent films within the studio system. Yes, I've made movies with significantly larger budgets, and I've also made movies with smaller budgets.

Myself Think Movies Independent Yes

I do have a tendency to talk a lot at the poker table, which throws people off because they spend a lot of time trying to read me. But I talk a lot when I have a good hand and when I have a bad hand, too. Sometimes it annoys people so much they can't wait to get out of the tournament. And that can only be good for me.

Good Time People Me Wait Bad

We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.

Peace Lie World Die Reward Earth

I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day, or else I will lose my mind.

Day Mind Every Day Lose Will Every

I think competition turns people into what they normally wouldn't be.

Competition People Think I Think

There's definitely something about the structure of 'Caddyshack' that is unique that no one has ever been able to achieve since then.

Unique Achieve Structure Something

Singing and playing live can be difficult. Like, in the studio, I would record either the music track first or the vocal first. I don't necessarily do them together.

Live Music Together Singing First

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