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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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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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.
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Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.
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Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.
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I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.
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Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions, I did not abandon the idea of representing nature.
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Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy.
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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.
