Jean Rostand Quotes
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.Jean Rostand
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
Fatema Mernissi -
So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
E. M. Forster -
May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
Yahya Jammeh -
For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
Carl Bernstein -
Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
Laura Ricketts -
Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
A. N. Wilson
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
Warren Spector -
As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
Kara Swisher -
I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
F. Murray Abraham -
As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
Valentina Matviyenko -
No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
Ira Hayes
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
B. H. Liddell Hart -
I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.
Najib Razak -
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale -
Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
Abhishek Bachchan -
There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
Hannah Kent
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In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
Imran Khan -
I don't want to play out of another man's bag.
Ben Webster -
The most important images for human beings are simply words, which are abstract symbols. ...Evolution has greatly enlarged the front lobes of the human brain, which govern the sense of the past and the future; and... they are probably the seat of our other images.
Jacob Bronowski -
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
Jean Rostand