Jostein Gaarder Quotes
When we talked about Socrates, we saw how dangerous it could be to appeal to people's reason. With Jesus we see how dangerous it can be to demand unconditional forgiveness. Even in the world of today, we can see how mighty powers can come apart at the seams when confronted with simple demands for peace, love, food for the poor, and amnesty for the enemies of the state.Jostein Gaarder
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
Edmund Phelps -
There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
Basmah bint Saud -
When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
Illeana Douglas -
For the most part, I do a lot of my own stunts. On 'The Final Destination,' they kept pulling my stunt woman in, and I'd shoo her away. I'm a black belt in tae kwon do, so I was adamant about doing stuff myself.
Haley Webb -
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
W. Clement Stone -
Reverence is fatal to literature.
E. M. Forster
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I love my sleep.
Caprice Bourret -
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
E. W. Howe -
It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
Pankaj Mishra -
Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
Ja Rule -
I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
Victoria Osteen -
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
Saint Basil
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
Idina Menzel -
We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
Walter Matthau -
Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
Salma Hayek -
Christ didn't choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers - that is, he chose the proletariat of the times.
Fidel Castro -
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
Imelda Marcos -
I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
Adam Driver
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
Rand Paul -
Life is one big love story with hundreds of little love stories within it.
Ram Charan -
To love someone properly probably means that you won’t be very popular. Pure love, loving the way it was intended, is unfortunately a foreign concept to many. Love is messy. Love will involve hardship, demand patience, require forgiveness, test maturity, strain friendship, challenge priorities, refine character, ignite the heart and unleash the soul. Love is not something you sing about, it’s the reason you sing. Love is not something you write about, it’s the reason you write. Love is not something you live to find, it’s the reason that you are alive.
Mark Hart Crowded House -
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
Oprah Winfrey -
I think of myself as a singer. The acting is just something I have to do between songs.
Deanna Durbin -
When we talked about Socrates, we saw how dangerous it could be to appeal to people's reason. With Jesus we see how dangerous it can be to demand unconditional forgiveness. Even in the world of today, we can see how mighty powers can come apart at the seams when confronted with simple demands for peace, love, food for the poor, and amnesty for the enemies of the state.
Jostein Gaarder