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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Experience Find Fresh Without

The past guarantees you nothing in the future if the rules change.

Change Future Past You Rules

My mother named me after her favorite actor, Joel McCrea, and dressed and presented me as her avatar. I'm sure she wanted to be a performer, but when that was impossible, I was her next best shot.

Mother Best Me Impossible Dressed

Why can't there be an acknowledgment that, in some instances, women remove themselves from the workforce for a long time, and when they come back, of course they're not going to get exactly equal pay?

Women Time Long Back Long Time Why

Death is not treatment, even if it's medically facilitated.

Death Even Treatment Medically

We need to do more to support working families, like guarantee access to paid sick and parental leave and make sure every parent has access to quality, affordable child care.

Quality Support Child Sick Care

Thanks to a hacker known as Guccifer who wormed into the computer of the 43rd president's sister, the world has learned that George W. Bush is an amateur - I would say serious amateur - painter.

Sister World Serious Say Hacker

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.

Fashion Career Years Something Toy

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

Joseph Priestley

Respect Myself Others Admiration

I've always been very left of center and the radio never had much diversity and film did.

Diversity Never Always Radio Left

I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.

Experience Me Blues Audience See

If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining.

Start Wall Street Years Going Get

I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.

Fun Person Will Try Spontaneous See

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