Hippolyte Taine Quotes
To have a true idea of man or of life, one must have stood himself on the brink of suicide, or on the door-sill of insanity, at least once.
Hippolyte Taine
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
Dan Quinn
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
Carl Honore
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
Carlene Carter
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Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.
Adam DeVine
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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I can't approach a character with judgment.
Nelsan Ellis
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Women's empowerment, whether through legal, financial, or cultural routes, will tend to increase their agency and their ability to take part in activism.
Deeyah Khan
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Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities.
Deeyah Khan
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As the era of the sword was ending, that of firearms began, in time to allow no lapse in man’s belligerent capacity.
Barbara W. Tuchman
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Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that.
Charles S. Dutton
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To have a true idea of man or of life, one must have stood himself on the brink of suicide, or on the door-sill of insanity, at least once.
Hippolyte Taine