Andre Gide Quotes
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
Quotes to Explore
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I know what poverty is.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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I think entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to think of how to make things more understandable, simple and beautiful.
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My grandmother was fond of painting and playing the piano. She had been given lessons by Emmanuel Chabrier, who used to spend the summer months in nearby Membrolle.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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I do this thing where I think I'm real sick but I won't go to the doctor to find out about it cause they make you stay real still in a real small space as they chart up your insides and put them on display. They'd see all of it, all of me, all of it; All the good that won't come out of me...
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I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.
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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
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I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
