"What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true? We know of only one,--and that is not only true, but identical,--that men always act from self-interest."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

#Men Quotes #Self Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, â€˜putting some balls into it'- isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.”
“I am an honest girl, M. le Vicomte de Chagny, and I don't lock myself up in my dressing-room with men's voices.”
“It's a sort of piss-take on culture, because a drag queen is a clown - a parody of our society. It's a sarcastic spoof on culture, which allows us to laugh at ourselves - but in a way that is inclusive of everyone.”
“Now the night's breath responds to the sea, which I can scarcely hear from here, as it reminisces about its shipwrecks.”
“One of the biggest hurdles in the path of entrepreneurship is home loans!”
“I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.”
“The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'”
“I got a camera when I was nine years old and it wasn't until I was a model that I realized you could be a photographer for a job.”

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