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Quote by Marcel Proust
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel

The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. – Marcel Proust

Other quotes by Marcel Proust

Neurosis has an absolute genius for malingering. There is no illness which it cannot counterfeit perfectly. If it is capable of deceiving the doctor, how should it fail to deceive the patient? – Marcel Proust

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Mental Illness
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Marcel Proust
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Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two. – Marcel Proust

Category:
Change
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Marcel Proust
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Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. – Marcel Proust

Category:
Intelligence
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Marcel Proust
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Im dealing with fools and trolls and soft targets. Its just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee. I dont have time for these clowns. – Charlie Sheen

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Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now its time for you to get out of the way. – Mitt Romney

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