Hippolyte Taine Quotes
The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be treated with precision. I have never had more satisfaction than in proving this in the realms of art, politics and history.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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When you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander. That gives you a better chance of stumbling onto the unusual and spotting unexpected patterns.
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Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.
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It does not make a goalkeeper look good and, after it, I did not want to celebrate out of respect for him.
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I am not a kind of person now who broods over the failures and negatives.
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I know that the world I converse with in the city and in the farms, is not the world I think. I observe that difference, and shall observe it. One day I shall know the value and law of this discrepance. But I have not found that much was gained by manipular attempts to realize the world of thought.
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The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be treated with precision. I have never had more satisfaction than in proving this in the realms of art, politics and history.
