Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.
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Tell the truth.
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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?
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Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
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I'm the first to admit that the resolution of a hand feeling the belly doesn't compare with the resolution of a CAT scan scanning the belly, but only my hand can say that it hurts at this spot and not at this spot. Only my hand can say that.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.
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Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
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What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.
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I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
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I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
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I was told that when I'm dancing, I give off the feeling of a rainy day.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.
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If I never saw another fistfight or car chase or Doberman attack, I wouldn't have any feeling of loss. And that goes for Rottweilers, too.
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She searched the truth with an anguish almost as great as her terrible fear of finding it .
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I don't read the papers or watch TV.
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For everyday, we like Beaujolais, Grenache or Syrah, and we like a lot of it! It's a family tradition: We would never consider having a meal without wine.
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Remember that I will be here', he said resolutely. 'For an eternity (...). I would wait for you for an eternity.
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Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.
