Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
Quotes to Explore
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms.
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Frankly speaking, I don't know much about rock music. But I enjoyed some when I was in college or high school. But I stopped listening after Elvis Presley!
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I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!
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I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
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I feel Noah has been alone for the majority of his life and inherently searching for a family, even though he may not express that outwardly. But his encounter with Rosalee gave him hope in finding someone who thinks like him.
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I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don't think it will work out, doesn't mean that it actually won't.
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Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential.
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To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
