Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
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Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you.
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The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.
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Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.
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There are things I can accomplish in the studio via manipulation on the computer or some kind of effect that are nearly impossible to do live. On the flip side, there are some things that happen live that can't be pulled off in the studio.
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I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.
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I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.
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I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
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Perhaps Fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked.
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I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.
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This was the first time we had two ex-Soviet Cosmonauts in Houston. A lot of us, including me, viewed it with some skepticism, because I grew up during the Cold War, so I had been hit with all this propaganda all along that their stuff wasn't that good, it wasn't that safe and we were so much better. What I found out later was that their space stuff was very good and good enough that I was certainly comfortable flying on their equipment. So, it was kind of a revelation of sorts as the years went by and I think it underscores the importance right now of international cooperation.
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The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.
