Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
All human activities are equivalent … and … all are on principle doomed to failure.Jean-Paul Sartre
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.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
Yair Lapid -
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?
Tariq Ramadan -
If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
Hal Sparks -
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.
Ian MacKaye -
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.
Nash Grier
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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.
Samantha Stosur -
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.
Rafael dos Anjos -
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.
I. King Jordan -
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.
H. P. Lovecraft -
My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.
Yul Vazquez -
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.
Dan Buettner
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
E. F. Schumacher -
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.
Nadia Ali -
I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
Nat Faxon -
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.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.
Valentina Matviyenko -
The House of Lords says I'm not a member of it. My passport says I am - get used to it.
Christopher Monckton
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Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.
Seneca the Younger -
I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop laughing that they just took something in that's going to start a conversation.
Kenya Barris -
I've experienced success, I've experienced failure, I've been a world champion, I've fought all over the world; I think I've experienced enough that I won't get in front of a million people and get gunshy.
Eddie Alvarez -
You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.
George Cukor -
All human activities are equivalent … and … all are on principle doomed to failure.
Jean-Paul Sartre