Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) Quotes
Jesus , in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government . That government seems to him purely and simply an abuse. A great social revolution, in which rank will be overturned, in which all authority in this world will be humiliated, was his dream .
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.
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Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
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My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the position of king from that of prime minister.
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I'm the sort of person who takes a camera to dinner or a nightclub because I enjoy taking pictures of people. I tweet all my pictures, which is bad.
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Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism; it is an important part of promoting peace.
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I say bomb the hell out of them. If there's collateral damage, so be it. They certainly found our civilians to be expendable.
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Our problem at the moment is a problem of success.
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The opponents of EEC membership inside the Labour Party know how much more difficult it would be to foist their brand of left-wing socialism on the British people if we remain part of a Community based on the principles of free enterprise and the mixed economy. We in the Conservative Party must vigorously oppose this ominous development.
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There's not that much English folk music that is really that appealing.
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I would love to be the lead in an action movie. I would love to be like Emily Blunt in 'Edge of Tomorrow.'
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The game was in our hands. We led for 46 minutes. It was a basic collapse by our team in the fourth quarter.
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I really try to live my life a little more, in ways I would hold back from previously.
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Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.
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Jesus , in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government . That government seems to him purely and simply an abuse. A great social revolution, in which rank will be overturned, in which all authority in this world will be humiliated, was his dream .
