Denis Diderot Quotes
When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants.
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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More than 1 million U.S. citizens live in Mexico, and my country remains the largest source of immigrants to the United States.
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Sport is my passion but I have a way to go.
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If you break up with your partner, go straight to the studio. You're going to make great music.
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
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I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me.
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When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them.
