Jean Rostand Quotes
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
Quotes to Explore
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I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time.
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I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists.
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I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.
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Why should anyone be interested in my life? It's the prurience I find so extraordinary. Why, why, oh why should my private life be of any interest to the public? The only people who should be interested are my friends.
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The reality is that we know that this universe, that our galaxy, has billions of stars. We know that stars have planets. So the likelihood that there is life somewhere else to me is just absolutely there.
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'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.
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I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.
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There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.
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I obey Thee Lord, first for the love I ought, in all reason to bear Thee; secondly for that Thou canst shorten or prolong the lives of men.
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The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.
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I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.
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I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year.
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You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't care.
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People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn't ask anyone else.
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Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.
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I only auditioned at four schools. I started performing and studying when I was in middle school, and then as I got into high school, it just got more serious. I feel like it became more of a vocation. It became clear to me at that point that I wanted to pursue it.
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I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs.
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The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility.
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One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
