"Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act."

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Source : Claude Adrien Helvétius (1777). “A Treatise on Man, His Intellectual Faculties and His Education: A Posthumous Work of M. Helvetius. Translated from the French, with Additional Notes, by W. Hooper, ...”, p.43

Claude Adrien Helvetius

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“You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it's not really fair to put people who are auditioning together in a room. You have to make that judgement yourself, and that's partly where the casting director is so good. It was that blend that we were looking for.”

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“A body seriously out of equilibrium, either with itself or with its environment, perishes outright. Not so a mind. Madness and suffering can set themselves no limit.”
“I've elected to age gracefully.”
“When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.”

Source : Erik Satie, Nigel E. Wilkins (1980). “The Writings of Erik Satie”, Da Capo Press
“Wedding fever is one of the scariest diseases I have ever seen.”
“I think it's part of Vladimir Putin's nature to define Russian success in foreign policy as thwarting the United States. That's in his nature. And that is very difficult to align with strategically.”

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“These are very confusing times. For the first time in history a woman is expected to combine: intelligence with a sharp hairdo, a raised consciousness with high heels, and an open, nonsexist relationship with a tan guy who has a great bod.”
“As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror: Meat Loaf". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2010.

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