Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.
Quotes to Explore
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Women love a self-confident bald man.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I don't move away from grief, rather through it.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
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I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
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I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14.
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Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.
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You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.
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Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?
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That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.
