Rene Girard (René Noël Théophile Girard) Quotes
When scandals proliferate, human beings become so obsessed with their rivals that they lose sight of the objects for which they compete and begin to focus angrily on one another.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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For me, to do a reality show is like sending myself to actor's graveyard. I feel like I should wait and create my own projects... do independent movies before I would have to go and do reality shows. Or produce one and come up with one on my own!
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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
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I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.
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My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.
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An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
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I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
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If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.
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I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they're a special category.
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At night if I'm in a hurry, I'll just put on a lot of mascara and black pencil all the way around the inner rim. It's a totally sexy eye in a minute and a half.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
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Everyday hundreds of people came to the hospital... dying, and I have to introduce life into them again... my duty was to compete with death.
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I honestly don't have a lot of friends that are actors. Most of my friends I've known since sixth grade and are out of the industry. It gives me a sense of reality rather than surrounding myself with a bunch of actors.
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When scandals proliferate, human beings become so obsessed with their rivals that they lose sight of the objects for which they compete and begin to focus angrily on one another.
