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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

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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Best World Done Blush See Actions

Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Silence Thought You Feeling Wrong

I feel like everybody's always out to get me, and that's a weird feeling.

Jessica Simpson

Me Weird Feel Feeling Always Out

I love the Minnesota State Fair, and I go with my family every August for nearly all 12 days.

Family Love Go Fair Minnesota Days

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

Party Done Office Fundraising

I have met a couple of six-year-olds who were apparently quite excited to meet me - before they actually met me. And when they actually met me they ran behind their parents' legs and cowered for shelter.

Parents Me Meet Legs Excited Behind

Always being the outsider, you... feel comfortable everywhere, but you don't really feel at home anywhere. I definitely draw comedy from that.

Home Feel Comedy You Comfortable

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

Good Government Way Conservative Far

A writer who doesn't need the money gains power and is dangerous in a negotiation.

Power Money Negotiation Dangerous

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

Trust Pain Sacrifice Empathy People

It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.

Chuck Palahniuk

People Start Talking You Up Get

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

Anthony LaPaglia

Great Smart Actor Deal Almost Like

I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It occurred to me that this was too much of a gift - I had to do it. That's how I ended up writing a parallel story to Romeo and Juliet.

Me Writing Gift Story Too Much Up

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