Francois Mauriac Quotes

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

Francois Mauriac

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: October 11, 1885 - September 1, 1970

Topics

GreatMenWingsNeverWhereOnly

People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens.

Jimmy Wales

TimeHatePeopleFreeKindHard

I don't think it takes much for a cult to be a cult. Many parts of our society are cultish, and you only need a charismatic leader and some teachings, and before you know it, you have a cult.

Jerome Flynn

LeaderSocietyThinkYouKnowNeed

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Andrea Dworkin

WomenWomanEscapeNeedsFew

My career choice was to be a mother.

Ann Romney

MotherCareerChoiceCareer Choice

If you're poor, you don't often live near a good school. If it's a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.

Sonia Sotomayor

GoodLiveSchoolYouPoorKids

I was put on so many different musical stages growing up that I didn't think about what kind of music we played. I just thought music was music.

Trombone Shorty

MusicGrowing UpThinkThoughtKind

The shows weren't organized at all. They just happened.

Lonnie Donegan

OrganizedJustHappenedShowsWere

Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

Christopher Guest

GoodMusicKeyComedyYouFind

I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the idea of 'I'm going to do this the way I think somebody else would,' because then you'd never be clear on your idea.

Cheryl Hines

MistakeThinkYouWayNeverProject

On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or soul, both of which are developed in and by means of a material organism.

Alfred Russel Wallace

NatureSoulManSpiritualMindBody

The Accenture culture is the same worldwide.

Pierre Nanterme

CultureSameWorldwide

After every bath, I make sure to moisturize my entire body. I'm obsessed with Diptyque: people love their candles, but their body products are also amazing.

Priyanka Chopra

LovePeopleAmazingBodyBathSure

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