Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.
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I'm obsessed with being human.
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But, you know, once you're in government, very often you need to shoulder responsibility. I hope the new Spanish government will think about this and will therefore act accordingly. I really and sincerely hope so.
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What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.
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I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.
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Q: You never heard about it again? A: No. There was no Face-Space or Twitter at the time, so they would have had to put it in a ’zine. Now it’s just folklore. Except it’s not folklore because I’ve just confirmed it.
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To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.
