Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd learned some things. I knew you weren't supposed to hold a good wine at the top - the paper bag falls off.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I will know him by his eyes.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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I find the past so fascinating. Photographs are strange, almost surreal, almost here yet gone. I slip into thinking what the past must have been like and I enjoy creating that ambience and atmosphere - 1730 to around 1870 is the most interesting period.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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To become a mother is to learn a whole language - to relearn it, perhaps, as it was the tongue to which we were born - and hence gain entrance to a forgotten world of comprehension.
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Using my imagination and creativity is exciting to me.
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We've all seen 'Jewing it up' performances. They are about as miserable to watch as as 'camping it up' performances when representing gays.
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I like to write with people I have a relationship with; otherwise it's kind of scary, and you hold back because you don't want to pour your guts out to someone you never met.
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The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.
