Cheikh Anta Diop Quotes
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brillianceCheikh Anta Diop
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Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Malcolm Forbes -
I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
Rafael Nadal -
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
Samuel Johnson -
I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
Kat Graham -
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
Harold S. Geneen -
I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.
Ziad Doueiri
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I never think in terms of gold, currency, diamonds. I'm not clever enough for that.
Lars Larsen -
I love to put on diamonds and beautiful evening gowns and make my girl-friends upset.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
I'm Russian: I'm into men, diamonds, and caviar.
Irina Shayk -
I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
Maya Angelou -
A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like this forever. Just as it is. No change.
Carl Andre -
We think only through the medium of words. Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, which is adapted to its purpose in every species of expression, in the most simple, most exact, and best manner possible, is at the same time a language and an analytical method. The art of reasoning is nothing more than a language well arranged.
Antoine Lavoisier -
Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.
Edward T. Hall -
Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.
Corrie Ten Boom -
Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts.
Ken Robinson -
The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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THERE WAS NEVER A SCHINDLER'S LIST. It was drawn up by a man called Goldman. This man took money to put a name on that list - no money, no place on the list. I was told this by a Dr Schwartz, in Vienna; he had paid in diamonds to save his wife.
Emilie Schindler -
Trump doesn't force the networks to show his rallies live rather than do real reporting. Nor does he force anyone to accept his phone calls rather than demand that he do a face-to-face interview that would be a greater risk for him.
Brown Campbell -
It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
Confucius -
I remember when we were shooting Boogie Nights, all of my stand-ins were wiping out all the time. I'd practice before I got to the set, but they'd just show up and put on the roller-skates, and they'd be skating over these wires and cables, so they would all fall over. It was totally dangerous.
Heather Graham -
I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.
Michael Jackson -
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance
Cheikh Anta Diop