Denis Diderot Quotes
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!Denis Diderot
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
Larry Hovis -
I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
Adam Baldwin -
On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
Basmah bint Saud -
Slick marketing, high-tech production values, and a practical message have created a product that plays well to today's fickle churchgoer. Megachurches - defined as congregations with more than 2,000 members - number close to 600 in the United States.
Tahl Raz -
My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
Hakeem Olajuwon -
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Pablo Picasso
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
Nathan Bedford Forrest -
I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
Vicki Lawrence -
I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
Naomie Harris -
I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
Mackenzie Rosman -
But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Randy Newman -
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
Walter Salles
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
Valorie Curry -
We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
Hanna Rosin -
You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
Felicity Jones -
I find the business world hard.
Haile Gebrselassie -
No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
Ram Kapoor -
Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.
Edith Sitwell
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You can't be a major company today without paying attention to celebrities. They are the leaders in beauty and fashion.
Aerin Lauder -
O wild, dark flower of woman, Deep rose of my desire, An Eastern wizard made you Of earth and stars and fire.
Charles G. D. Roberts -
I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.
Johnny Flynn -
When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.
Ernest Hemingway -
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!
Denis Diderot