Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) Quotes
The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.
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I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early '70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes.
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I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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I'm not a Trump fan, to put it mildly, but I think there's a power to simplicity. When Trump was running, people knew exactly what he stood for and what he was going to do as President.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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Earlier, my priority was only work. I worked like a dog before I got married. After marriage, once you have a baby, time management is difficult. Your responsibilities change, your priorities change. And you have to concentrate on them if you have to work out your life. Your career is just a part of your life. For me, my family is my life.
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
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I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.
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It's not that I don't value my life. It's just that I love taking chances, testing myself, stepping over the line.
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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
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Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.
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Wearing modest clothing is a belief, and I'm not going to say that every Muslim woman is in my shoes, but the majority of us do have a choice.
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I haven't read hardly any Westerns, to tell you the truth.
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I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.
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I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it.
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It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have food for an aching belly or rest for a weary body.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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I got hired with the intention of making money. YouTube just opened up, being possible to earn revenue. I learned about it really fast. I learned about what kind of numbers and quotas had to be hit to make some sort of sustainable living and I just kind of dove in.
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The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.
