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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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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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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I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.
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[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.
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The beginning of wisdom is the awareness that there is insufficient evidence that a god or gods have created us and the recognition that we are responsible in part for our own destiny. Human beings can achieve this good life, but it is by the cultivation of the virtues of intelligence and courage, not faith and obedience, that we will most likely be able to do so.
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I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.
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I think about that "empty" space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce.
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The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.
