Antoine Rivarol Quotes
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.
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The JOBS Act will allow entrepreneurs to utilize 'crowdfunding,' which permits them to raise equity capital from a large pool of small investors.
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Artists talk in 'art speak.'
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We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
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I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.
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With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.
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I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.
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When I talk to a man, I can always tell what he's thinking by where he is looking. If he is looking at my eyes, he is looking for intelligence. If he is looking at my mouth, he is looking for wisdom. But if he is looking anywhere else except my chest he's looking for another man.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on the front lawn. Dad loved classical music and we might be listening to some Stravinsky or something and having some tea and eggs. And he'd say, 'Oh, good stuff, isn't it?'
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It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
