Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least.
Quotes to Explore
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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I like Public Enemy a great deal.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal with them. It's probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing.
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Don't just survive while waiting for someone's revolution to clear your head.
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For broad understanding and deep feeling, you need pain and suffering.
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If you weren’t pretty, it wouldn’t matter what you said or didn’t say. That’s why you’re getting this attention.
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The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least.
