Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) Quotes
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could spend actually launching your business and seeing if the idea floats. Launching gives you real, solid feedback, instead of the imaginary 'what if' scenarios dreamed up in a conference room.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I had no ambition to go to America and be in a TV show. It's not like I've rejected something or decided that I've found something better. Your life just takes you off in strange and different directions.
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It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.'
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Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.
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Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.
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My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.
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I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.
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Expect nothing more from philosophy than a voice, language and grammar of the instinct for Godliness that lies at its origin, and, essentially, is philosophy itself.
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'…Just you bloody hypocrites with your four wives and your ten thousand houris in heaven?…'
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The tug-of-war between Scientologists and anti-Scientologists over Hubbard’s legacy has created two swollen archetypes: the most important person who ever lived and the world’s greatest con man. Hubbard was certainly grandiose, but to label him merely a fraud is to ignore the complexity of his character.
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While I may not agree with all of President Obama's energy policies, I strongly supported his successful effort to double fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
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I went to boarding school, and then I went to Oxford, and I know how easy it is for certain groups of people to become wholly insulated from ordinary life.
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I'm no expert on American politics.
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Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go.
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History is as much an art as a science.
