Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Two things, almost incompatible, are united in me in a manner which I am unable to understand: a very ardent temperament, lively and tumultuous passions, and, at the same time, slowly developed and confused ideas, which never present themselves until it is too late. One might say that my heart and my mind do not belong to the same person.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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I don't think I can name any names or anything, but this is what I've wanted to do for a long time: to have Flume as my creative outlet and to work on the biggest songs in the world, like pop, and come up with the idea and send it off.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.
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Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.
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While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.
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I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.
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I had made up my mind to find a woman to share my life: one who would leave London altogether and go with me into the green country and be satisfied.
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Two things, almost incompatible, are united in me in a manner which I am unable to understand: a very ardent temperament, lively and tumultuous passions, and, at the same time, slowly developed and confused ideas, which never present themselves until it is too late. One might say that my heart and my mind do not belong to the same person.
