Private Life Quotes - Page 8

• It is time to stop personal destruction and prying into private lives

  William J. Clinton

  Stupid, Humorous, Destruction

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• I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.

  Charlotte Gainsbourg

  Shy, Intimacy, Persons

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public.

  Matt Damon

  People, Risk, Events

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. The vice of government, the vice of education, the viceof religion, is one with that of the private life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Thinking, Vices

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• In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and liberty; in proportion to the solemnity of acts, proclaiming the will authenticated by the seal of the people, the only earthly source of authority, ought to be the vigilance with which they are guarded by every citizen in private life, and the circumspection with which they are executed by every citizen in public trust.

  James Madison

  People, Liberty, Citizens

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• The novel since its origins has been the privatization of history... the history of private life ... and in that sense every novel is an historical novel.

  Jose Emilio Pacheco

  Origin Of Life, Historical Novels, Privatization

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• It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

  Portia de Rossi

  Sound, Life Is, Corny

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

  Oswald Chambers

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.173, Discovery House

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• Indeed, my wish is quite simple: if we could learn to recognise and evade the biggest errors in our thinking - in our private lives, at work or in government - we might experience a leap in prosperity. We need no extra cunning, no new ideas, no unnecessary gadgets, no frantic hyperactivity - all we need is less irrationality.

  Rolf Dobelli

  Simple, Thinking, Errors

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• Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  Lunch, People, Gone

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• I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.

  Sophia Myles

  Attention, Chosen, Invited

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I struggle with deciding when to answer or ignore the constant speculation about my private life, because I feel like that doesn't belong to anybody but me.

  Lauren London

  Struggle, Answers, Speculation

  "‘Under My Skin’ Exclusive Interview w/ Lauren London". Interview with Kathleen Cross, kathleencross.com. May 27, 2011.

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• Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no interest in anyone's affairs. History proper and novels hold no attractions for me except insofar as, I can discern there, as within our immortal Revolution, the adventures of the mind.

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

  Adventure, Mind, Doe

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• For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.

  Butch Otter

  Responsibility, Idaho, Government

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• I'm 61 now, and I'm comfortable in my lifestyle... I don't yearn for the limelight on a regular basis. I get a kick out of it every so often. I go to Philly and go to a game, and they make a big deal about me. That's fun for a couple of days, and I can go back to my own private life.

  Mike Schmidt

  Couple, Fun, Games

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• My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on the insecurity that comes with it. Not in my private life - I like to believe that my friendships and my relationships are strong.

  Alice Eve

  Strong, Dad, Believe

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• I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Citizens, Done

  The Straits Times, April 20, 1987.

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• It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

  Bjorn Borg

  Motivation, Thinking, Play

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• The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

  Raymond Queneau

  People, Iliad, Disorder

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• I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.

  Georges St-Pierre

  People, Personality, Important

  "Georges St-Pierre reveals his personal, philosophical side in new book". Interview with Loretta Hunt, www.si.com. April 24, 2013.

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• The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that.

  David Herbert Donald

  Ambition, Careers, Accomplishment

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• I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again.

  David Blunkett

  Events, November, Late

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• We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives.

  Robert Reich

  Believe, Government, Want

  "Robert Reich's Call to 'Reason'". BuzzFlash Interview, www.alternet.org. June 16, 2004.

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• I've learned that social media and our private lives, you know, our private lives are not so private anymore, so it takes a little bit of getting used to.

  Jeremy Lin

  Media, Littles, I've Learned

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• The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable cause. Today the government operates largely in secret, while seeking to know everything about our private lives - without probable cause and without a warrant.

  Ron Paul

  Government, House, Secret

  "Ron Paul: We need to know more about what the government is doing". www.campaignforliberty.org. June 10, 2013.

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