Hippolyte Taine Quotes
A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.
Hippolyte Taine
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Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.
Hamish Bowles
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I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
Tamara Ecclestone
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At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.
Camille Pissarro
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When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!
Ted Allen
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Every idea has its time.
Vicente Fox
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
Ugo Betti
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I think that the idea of a war on an abstract noun is unacceptable.
Hamza Yusuf
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With 'Girls'... I feel like there's an impulse to try to make it look better or neater or more perfect, and when I watch theater, television, movies, it's always the imperfection I'm always more attracted to.
Adam Driver
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Formal religion only takes us so far – for it is both safe and doable. Love, however, knows no limits, takes costly risks, and looks for ways to give more.
Carolyn Custis James
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I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it.
Emily Susan Rapp
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If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you are.
Sam Tsui
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A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.
Hippolyte Taine
