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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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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To be honest, there are parts of 'How Literature Saved My Life' that began as interviews. Someone was telling me that they think the book sounds very phonic: that it sounds like me speaking. And I don't think it's a coincidence that there are six to ten passages that I cadged from various interviews that I did post-'Reality Hunger'.
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Life is not long at all, never long enough, but days are very long indeed.
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If the fraud charges are proven, fraud order...is issued, a promoter can receive no funds through the mail..., shut off. All mail sent to him is returned to the sender marked 'Fraudulent'.
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Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it.
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That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.
