Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
We have to have powder for our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.
Quotes to Explore
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Web GIS allows us to take our systems of record - our traditional server and desktop technologies - and integrate them, bringing them together into a system of systems.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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I know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who can't get up off the couch because they're so hooked. They provide these different virtual worlds that you can live in.
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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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I did software development for a while, and I also spent several years directing a nonprofit in San Francisco that did computer education for the poor. I also did a lot of work in fast food.
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When you say, 'Man, what kind of music does Outkast make?' You be like, 'They make Outkast music.' What kind of music does N.E.R.D. make? They make N.E.R.D. music. I want to be one of those people, because there's so many layers to the music I create that I don't want people to expect me to do one thing.
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It's hard to be a leader when you have to make hard choices and when you have to do what's right, even though people are not going to like you for it.
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You only have one go at life, which is thrilling. Only you can make yourself into who you want to be. Don't blame anybody else. You are entitled to free fresh air, and that's it. Do the rest yourself.
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We have to have powder for our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.
