Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle) Quotes
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.
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I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's.
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The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.
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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
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A lot of funny stuff happens in Canada.
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No, I don't have a plan. Whatever happens happens. There's never a plan.
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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it's where I'm from. I just get a warm feeling when I'm home.
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I'm really interested in kind of weird social situations and cliques, watching girls vying for attention, watching how the popularity thing happens. I've always thought too hard about everything.
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No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.
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There are a lot of artists who haven't lost anything to domesticity. In my case, it probably did happen.
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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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When actions are followed by events that are not causally related to the prior acts, people often erroneously perceive contingencies that do not, in fact, exist.
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I know we got guys in here who can get it done, because it happens on some nights. But it doesn't happen in others. This has to start with me, because I am our top offensive player. If I can send the message about playing defense, then I'm pretty sure everyone else will follow.
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.
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The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion. We reject the burden of their memory, and have anodynes against them. But the little things, the things of no moment, remain with us. In some tiny ivory cell the brain stores the most delicate, and the most fleeting impressions.
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
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Everything has such order and everyone is so focused on doing what they're doing that no one ever pays attention to you spinning and dancing around supermarkets. It's something you find in places like supermarkets and airports, where everything is really ordered. There's something about those places that makes you feel really anonymous.
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The soul should concentrate itself by itself.
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Today we tend to focus on the unemployment rate being low. But just creating jobs isn’t the point. Many of the jobs people have today don’t even pay a living wage. Our focus needs to be on creating wealth, not just jobs or earning a wage.
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Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
