Rene Girard (René Noël Théophile Girard) Quotes
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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I came to Hollywood and I loved it. It was a great time, but in my head I was still elsewhere, in Europe. I believed in a certain cinema, which I still do believe in - a certain European cinema - and as a young woman being in America, I thought I was being taken away from that.
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You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he's knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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I don't consider myself a fashion designer.
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Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.
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I feel like I was in the last graduating class of commercial actors.
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I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.
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Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
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The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am always thinking about my characters, jotting down ideas in stolen moments and hoping I'll be able to make sense of them when the weekend rolls around.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
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Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters, and that the corporate dimension is a distraction or diversion. Of course Christianity is deeply personal for every single Christian; nobody gets lost in the kingdom of God. But you can't play that off against the corporate dimension.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support.
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Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.
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Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Individualism is a formidable lie.
