Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
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I'm going away tonight.
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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
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The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.
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In a country where the sole employer is the state, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: 'who does not work shall not eat,' has been replaced with a new one: 'who does not obey shall not eat.'
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Be a companion with Christ, and he will draw near unto you and be your best friend. There is no better friend than Christ.
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Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
