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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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 did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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Each of my books is different from the last, each with its own characters, its own setting, its own themes. As a writer, I need the variety. I sense my readers do, too.
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I can really stir up a conversation. Every time I go to a meeting or a casting, I try to make it as light and funny as I can. I'm always making really awkward jokes. You have to make life fun and not take it too seriously. I may look like I'm very serious and into my work, but if you knew me, I'm just a jokester.
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Well, basically, when you get SNL, everyone wants to take a meeting, just in case you end up being good.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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Where is it I've read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he'd only room to stand, and the ocean, everlasting darkness, everlasting solitude, everlasting tempest around him, if he had to remain standing on a square yard of space all his life, a thousand years, eternity, it were better to live so than to die at once. Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!
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I didn't have a very religious family.
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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.
