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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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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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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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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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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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality.
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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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When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
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Talk with your doctor, make healthy lifestyle choices and most importantly, know your body - as that can make all the difference in the world.
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Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.
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I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.
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Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.
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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.
