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.Denis Diderot
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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.
Imogen Heap -
I voted for Barack Obama.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
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.
Natalie Portman -
This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
Barbara Smith -
Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
Irrfan Khan -
Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
Octavia E. Butler
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
Wayne Brady -
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.
Zoe Kazan -
I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Kate Brown -
Fear is the passion of slaves.
Patrick Henry -
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?
Karen Fairchild Little Big Town -
Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
Takeshi Kitano
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
Jack Horner -
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.
B. F. Skinner -
I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
Flume -
Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
Abagail Johnson -
How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
Vernor Vinge -
We don't have to look back at da Vinci's work and Albert Einstein's work and Mozart's work. We're actually living in the time period that David Lynch is creating his art. We're so lucky.
Madchen Amick
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And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.
Dan Aykroyd -
When people are committed to things, and the world view they have is no longer in alignment with our world view, then it becomes funny.
Jeff Baena -
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I try to transmit emotion and soul in my voice, but my true passion has always been writing. I feel more like a writer than anything else.
Anthony Santos Aventura -
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.
Denis Diderot