Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

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My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have received at the local public school. They had no way of knowing that the school nuns, who were the majority of the teachers at this particular parochial school, were right-wing, card-carrying John Birch Society members.

Jim Starlin

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Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues.

Jesse James Garrett

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Modern agriculture has been accurately described as a way of turning oil into food. As the price of oil continues to rise, so will the price of food.

Jeremy Grantham

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Things fall apart and happen out of stupidity and carelessness.

John Sandford

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Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.

Tommy Chong

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If I fought like I was looking for a place in history, it would ruin me as a person. I don't think history is worth selling my soul.

Roy Jones Jr.

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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?

Dennis Potter

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I think finales are always so hit or miss because they're so personal. When you do a finale, it's always up to the person watching it.

Philip Winchester

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I'm obviously a white woman with privilege. I want to make sure I always collaborate with people who aren't like me so we can create a work that isn't one dimensional.

Petra Collins

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The other thing is I don't want to move any more. I have moved so many times in my life.

Thomas Dooley

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I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist.

Ricky Martin

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