Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quotes
Everyone is alone and yet nobody can do without other people, not just because they are useful... but also when it comes to happiness.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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When I was young my heart was young then, too. And anything that it would tell me, that's the thing that I would do.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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We are trying to reinvigorate our stagnant energy sector, to create avenues for new wealth. Clean energy innovation, job creation and energy independence should be common ground for all Americans.
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The miners of this country will now have to seriously consider their position and recognise that at some stage they are going to have to stand and fight in defence of our industry, in defence of our jobs and above all to retain a dignity and respect.
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Everyone is alone and yet nobody can do without other people, not just because they are useful... but also when it comes to happiness.
