"In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's."

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Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

Jean Rostand

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“I used to get defensive and react. Like you, I get pushed and pulled [backstage].... Sometimes people are rude to me, and I feel like, 'You know, guys, I'm just here trying to do my job....' And the reality is, everyone else is just trying to do their job...and sometimes they get on a power trip [and] you feel disrespected. But that's their problem. It's not my problem.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and men afterwards make it the model upon which their theories are framed.”

Source : William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1809). “History of European morals from Augustus to Charlemagne”, p.158
“I barely have time to watch stuff that I'm in, or my friends' stuff. The bar for writing has really elevated and it's really exciting, it's not just parts for 25-year-olds.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Freud said he didn't know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.”

Source : "Valentino: A Stylish Career Laid Bare". "All Things Considered" with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. April 19, 2009.
“It makes you realize that people are the same wherever you go.”

Source : Biography\Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm no mathematician, so I'm stuck with the graphic representations.”
“I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example.”
“Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.”

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