Jean Rostand Quotes
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
Yoko Ono
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
Idris Elba
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Bebe Moore Campbell
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
Laura Dern
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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.
Karen Armstrong
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
Rafael dos Anjos
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
Hanya Yanagihara
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I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.
Mandy Patinkin
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
Lao Tzu
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A good leader must be fair.
Yao Ming
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
Paloma Faith
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
Wallace Stevens
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With the right kind of financing, I think we can grow by 100 percent per year.
Magnus Larsson
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
O. Henry
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
Barry Jenkins
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Well I don't know why I came here tonight.I got the feeling that something ain't right.I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair,And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs.Clowns to the left of me,Jokers to the right, here I am,Stuck in the middle with you.
Gerry Rafferty
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The density of space junk peaks around 620 miles up, in the middle of so-called low-Earth orbit. That's bad, because many weather, scientific, and reconnaissance satellites circle in various low-Earth orbits.
Sam Kean
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This we do know: a world that begins to witness the rebirth of trust among nations can find its way to a peace that is neither partial nor punitive. With all who will work in good faith toward such a peace, we are ready, with renewed resolve, to strive to redeem the near-lost hopes of our day.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic.
J. Philippe Rushton
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Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
Jean Rostand