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They did laugh; they did fall in love. And while they were under incredibly oppressive conditions, they constantly were trying to steal pleasures. When you go back to the slave narratives, and you read books like the 'Bullwhip Days' or 'Incidents in the Life of the Slave Girl,' they will share what life was like, and it's a 365-degree view. Jurnee Smollett-Bell

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One of the uncertain pleasures of adulthood, for me, has really been about confronting how little I know about the world and how much completely baffles me about the world and human behavior. Karyn Kusama

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I should say I am not much of a gamer - anymore. The reason for this is that I have to make a living, and my body requires vitamin D, and I've come to value the heady pleasures of human interaction over the temporary exhilaration of reaching the 'next level.' Lynn Coady

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The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Pleasures Only Greatest Narrowly Disgust Separated

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Everything Pleasures Follows Greatest Closely

I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table. Mario Batali

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When I'm on the road, I wake up early and walk a lot. I'm very healthy. But when I come back home, I am more tempted by guilty pleasures, such as eating too many sweets and sleeping a lot. Masaharu Morimoto

One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven't seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it's a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I'm in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don't feel like you don't know where I've been. Matthew McConaughey

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I love to dance so much. It's one of my guilty pleasures in life and my hobby. Mia Maestro

Life Love Dance Pleasures Guilty Hobby Much

Here in France, what we love is Life. And all the pleasures that go with it. Michel Hazanavicius

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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. Moliere

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Purely altruistic behavior is pretty much impossible because of the selfish pleasures we derive from it. Nicholas Kristof

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The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust. Paul Bloom

In life, you have to keep certain parts of yourself in check because you want to be a decent human being. But one of the guilty pleasures of acting is that sometimes you get to let a little something out that you don't in life because it's not right. Paul Dano

The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you've read has a cameo role in another. I think that recognition is a very, very powerful phenomenon; it is one of the deepest and greatest pleasures of reading. Paul Harding

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Work, especially if you're lucky in what you do, is one of the great pleasures of life, but - like all pleasures - it can become selfish. Peter Hitchens

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'Unknown Pleasures' is a very important record for me. It was the first LP that I recorded. Peter Hook

Me First Important Unknown Pleasures Record Recorded Very

There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality. Peter York

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After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Pierre Corneille

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Storytelling has always been one of my great pleasures. Rik Mayall

Great Pleasures Always Been Storytelling

We are brunch hounds. We also like movie dates. There's a lot of diners, a lot of movies. We're 'simple pleasures' people. It doesn't have to be crazy. It could be a 'Law and Order' marathon on the couch, or it could be dinner or a show. We like to mix it up. Rob McClure

If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them. Saint Basil

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