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The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. – Gustave Flaubert

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The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. – Gustave Flaubert

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Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity. – Gustave Flaubert

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I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now. – Jackie Chan

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I love being healthy. I get a lot of sleep. Im a girl who eats. And I feel beautiful no matter how I look. I have my family to thank for that. – Lea Michele

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Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin to borrow money. Ive always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love. – Richard Pryor

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Friends are God’s apology for relations. – Hugh Kingsmill

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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the Presidents widow? – Jackie Kennedy

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I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release. – Naveen Andrews

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I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeves characters emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swans death, which I thought was exploitative. – Margot Kidder

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