Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) Quotes
Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.
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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not.
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She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.
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For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.
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I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.
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I mostly read online - tech/VC blogs. I also enjoy the 'NY Times', 'Atlantic', 'New Yorker'.
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Social messaging has become the defining app of the smartphone era. Social payments has been a natural extension of this phenomenon - it's going to be the locus of most communications activity.
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Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.
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I always get asked for suggestions on what to get food-lover friends. While there are many gifts out there that a foodie would love, it's always good to do some research beforehand so you know you're getting a gift that will last.
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Cats, it turns out, are even less fond of being dunked in water than Shitsus.
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I'm so weird and quirky, and painfully awkward sometimes.
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In building the helping relationship, encouragement—via positive reinforcement—certainly seems appropriate. But if it is not sensitively handled, such encouragement can quickly become patronizing and insulting.
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Google, Facebook, and other consumer web companies violate our privacy. But that's only because they have an ad-based business model. They can only make money by selling your data - and degrading the product experience with ads.
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Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone gets mad at you, don't be upset, but take comfort in the words of the Lord: Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of truth, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 5:10).
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I've always been a very outdoors sort of girl. I'm more a tomboy than a girly girl.
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The best thing in life aren't things.
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Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.
