Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
All human activities are equivalent … and … all are on principle doomed to failure.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.
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I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.
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There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told me that they resent a little bit that I do speak. But, you know, I have to be myself. I have to do what I'm comfortable doing.
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Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.
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My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.
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The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it is always beneficial to get your academic studies out of the way before going into the competitive world of the arts.
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I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.
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The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.
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Without humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.
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What the altar-bound of today end up buying from their numberless vendors is a dog's breakfast of bridal excess - part society wedding of the twenties, part Long Island Italian wedding of the fifties. It's The Philadelphia Story and The Wedding Singer served up together in one curious and costly buffet.
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The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.
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All human activities are equivalent … and … all are on principle doomed to failure.
