Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.Jean de la Bruyere
Quotes to Explore
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
Patrick deWitt -
If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
Ward Churchill -
Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
Walt Mossberg -
My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
Balthazar Getty -
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
Val Kilmer -
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E. Joseph Cossman
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We should be open to a discussion on keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. I don't know how that manifests itself, but I'm looking to get elected president of the United States. I just want to let people know I have an open mind about how we might - how government might - interject itself in a lot of the problems we have.
Gary Johnson -
Instead of waiting until the holiday season - when mail solicitations flood in from worthy organizations - and making a flurry of gifts because this is the time of year to give, sit down and take stock. Identify your passion, learn about it, and direct your time, mind, and dollars to aligned causes and organizations.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.
Natalie Dormer -
I am not into publicity. I'm not good at it. I get anxiety about it.
Zach Galifianakis -
When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
Fabrizio Moreira -
The reality is the world is a really, really big place, and there's a lot of people running around with a lot on their mind. And you really have to figure out how to build a company that can put on a message that can actually reach people and have an impact globally.
Marc Andreesen
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The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.
Harold Pinter -
I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.
Barry Manilow -
When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
The good thing about execution issues are that they are within our control.
N. Robert Hammer -
It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
The professionals must set a good example.
A. Bartlett Giamatti
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I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am not.
Damon Hill -
A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.
Cy Young -
Most of the more complex emotions are common to the higher animals and ourselves. Every one has seen how jealous a dog is of his master's affection, if lavished on any other creature; and I have observed the same fact with monkeys. This shews that animals not only love, but have the desire to be loved.
Charles Darwin -
It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.
Damian Lewis -
There will always be a spiritual light that beckons to us, giving us the hope of rescue and relief.
L. Whitney Clayton -
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
Jean de la Bruyere