Hippolyte Taine Quotes
A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.
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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 didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
Paloma Faith
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
Usher
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I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.
Oscar Isaac
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
Samuel L. Jackson
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I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
Laura Dekker
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
W. G. Sebald
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There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
Viktor Orban
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Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.
Abraham Maslow
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
J. Michael Straczynski
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I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.
Radha Mitchell
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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
Gaspard Ulliel
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When we consider a project, we really study it-not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. And we work hard to do the best possible job.
Walt Disney
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I would be lying if I said I'm not flattered being voted as the 'Time's' Most Desirable Man of 2012. Frankly, I have no idea how the desirability quotient is arrived at. If it is just drop dead good looks, then I have to thank God and my parents for it.
Arjun Rampal
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Morning tide makes a great companion when you don’t want to be around people. It soothes and comforts and doesn't ask for anything. But the sun does. The higher it gets, the more I am reminded that nothing stops time. There is no escaping it.
Anna Banks
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I look at how we got beat and I thought the hustle points and the energy points were all gauged through offensive rebounds. I thought in the second half they got so many second-chance opportunities they could really run. It just seemed like they were going up our guys' backs. When you don't get any offensive rebounds and they start going the other team's way, it's almost like a snowball effect.
Ray Allen
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
William Butler Yeats
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A fixed idea is like the iron rod which sculptors put in their statues. It impales and sustains.
Hippolyte Taine