Denis de Rougemont Quotes
Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
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I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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TV news has largely given Trump editorial control.
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Vikings were pretty brutal, but also very educated people. They were salesmen, businessmen who started raiding when business wasn't good. That's why they had such great boats.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.
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Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
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What sort of person you grow into should not be achieved by default, and often that's exactly what happens to kids. I see literature as a method of guidance, information, and contemplation, and consider it the greatest compliment possible when a reader tells me that a book of mine really made him/her think.
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If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.
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President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem.
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The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.
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When I go see a performer, I don't go to criticize. I just go to be entertained. I don't go to give advice; I just go to enjoy.
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Only the really plain people know about love-the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.
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What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
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Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.
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Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.
