Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
Quotes to Explore
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is exactly. But I guess that something is me.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
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If a man, sitting all alone, cannot dream strange things, and make them look like truth, he need never try to write romances.
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My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.
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I realized later how much my acting experience influenced my writing and how it helped me to write for other actors.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism.
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Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
