Rene Girard (René Noël Théophile Girard) Quotes
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.
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I was always very academically focused when I was growing up, and music was something for which I really had no preconceptions or expectations for myself or really any rules. It kind of represented, at least for me, a divergent path of creativity and self-discovery.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
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I try and direct environmentally, so that people don't feel like everything is going to depend on what happens when someone says, 'action,' so that they can literally be swimming in the warm water, and at some point the race begins, and at some point the race ends, but it is about being free to swim.
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I remember I would always joke among my friends about a remake of 'Point Break'. I would say, 'You know what? Whenever there's a remake of 'Point Break', I'm going to do it.'
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.
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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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Painting is another form of thinking.
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.
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Why do guests always end up in the kitchen at parties? Is it a social phenomenon? Some strange gravitational pull? I don't know, but one thing is for sure: If your friends are going to congregate in your kitchen, you'd better make it as nice as possible.
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In our era of celebrity, where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space.
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When we judge, we are always in a psychic space which is circular.
