Blaise Pascal Quotes

In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

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• I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Like
  • Things
  • Characters

• I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.

  

  Lasse Hallstrom
  • Want
  • Ideas
  • Own

• With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • You
  • Expect
  • Ladder

• This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.

  

  Nat Friedman
  • People
  • Need
  • Tool

• I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.

  

  D. J. MacHale
  • Believe
  • Writing
  • Character

• The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • History
  • Write
  • Main Thing

• What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Better
  • Fat
  • Cats

• How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Done
  • Fear
  • Spirit

• People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • People
  • Experience
  • Night

• I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Great
  • Writing
  • Probably

• To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • War
  • Death
  • Know

• New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Time
  • Work
  • Moving

• I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.

  

  Barbara Windsor
  • Lucky
  • Grateful
  • Fortunate

• I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Great
  • Give
  • Direction

• I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Bad
  • Parents
  • Day

• I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Time
  • Teaching
  • Appreciative

• I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • Real
  • Trying
  • School

• Government does not create jobs, but it can help set the table for economic growth with the right policies.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Help
  • Government
  • Growth

• Our officials want nothing more than to be at the top of their professional game and make the correct call. That's what they do; that's their living, that's their pride, that's their joy. They don't achieve that because they happen to be human.

  

  David Stern
  • Game
  • Joy
  • Pride

• Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's insufficient for uncertain times. How can we live within our means when those very means can change, swiftly and unexpectedly, beneath us?

  

  Jamais Cascio
  • Live
  • Political

• The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.

  

  Abdoulaye Wade
  • Education
  • Teacher
  • Thought

• No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Man
  • Past
  • Enough

• Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

  

  James Duval

• In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • People
  • Mind
  • Difference