Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) Quotes
None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in periods and countries in which they are believed in and before persons disposed to believe in them.Ernest Renan
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Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
Ted Danson -
It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
Nathan Hale -
If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it.
Sal Albanese -
I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.
Nathan Lane -
I was a little worried that I was going to look like an overgrown fetus … Maybe that’s true. But it’s liberating. It’s very liberating. Everyone here should shave their heads.
Karen Gillan -
Admettant que la particule possède une vibration interne qui permet de l'assimiler à une petite horloge, je supposais que cette horloge se déplaçait dans son onde de façon que sa vibration interne reste constamment en phase avec celle de l'onde : c'est le postulat de l'accord des phases.
Louis de Broglie
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When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.
Doug Henning -
I was just this little theater geek. I joined the drama program my freshman year. I read the morning announcements my sophomore year. I didn't have to eat in the cafeteria with everyone else because my drama teacher was cool. Everybody knew who I was, and that's all I ever wanted as a theater kid.
Ashleigh Murray -
I work all summer and throughout the whole season to be prepared for the challenges that I have to face.
Kawhi Leonard -
I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for bird-watching, and when the snow or the rain kept me indoors, I read his bird books and learned about evolution.
James D. Watson -
The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks.
Joel Edgerton -
My career is doing well both in Tollywood as well as Bollywood.
Kriti Sanon
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I'm a Beyonce fan, and when I'm looking at her, I'll think 'Oh my God, her life is so awesome, and she made it.'
Lilly Singh -
Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!
Pele -
I love life. I love my friends. I love to eat. Too many things, I love. I am very much an anti-historical character. I am attracted to happy people. Happy people with very grave problems.
Lina Wertmuller -
There's a whole load of stuff in life that is worth documenting. You see it every day but don't even notice.
Jan Chipchase -
In a given year, the government may decide that farmers are growing more raisins than Americans will want to eat. That would cause supply to outstrip demand. Raisin prices would drop. And raisin farmers might go out of business.
David Fahrenthold -
If you're not in someone's face, they're not going to remember you. So get yourself back into an acting class; get a coach. Do those things you did when you were 20 and wanted it so bad.
Jake Busey
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I know what my dharma is: I'm supposed to be an actor.
Brie Larson -
The first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
If they let me choose between you and the dog, I'll choose the dog.
Johnny Depp -
Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.
Joan Van Ark -
You just have to follow your own heart" when it comes to medical decision-making.
Emily Matchar -
None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in periods and countries in which they are believed in and before persons disposed to believe in them.
Ernest Renan